Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.

If people want to protest, to get out there and express themselves, as long as they do it peacefully, they should be encouraged to do so.

A Republican philosophy goes something like this: If you take your car to the mechanic, and instead of fixing it, they take out the engine and charge you an arm and a leg, you should conclude that mechanics can't fix cars and you should probably just take yours to the junkyard and sell it for scrap metal.

Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing.

I think that anybody who is going to be the standard-bearer, the spokesman for the progressive movement, in the context of a presidential race, has got to learn to master the language and really get their finger on the pulse of how people are feeling. I think that's really important.

Progressive economic policies lead to a sustainable economy.