We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

The greatest natural resource our country has is not oil. It's not gas. It's not coal. It's the genius of our children.

Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.

It's incredibly flattering to be a U.S. senator, which I want to stay at for a long time.

In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.

We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending.