The Democratic Party must not allow the religious right to dictate the conversation on moral values.

The legacy carriers have a real disconnect with their passengers. Try to start a conversation at a cocktail party about how much you love your old-line carrier and see how long it takes someone to throw a canapé at you.

There is something about a political party adopting a particular religious agenda, a sectarian religious agenda, as its own, that is divisive.

We were talking at a very high level of conversation about principles and values. It's another thing to come up with real solutions. I'm only speaking personally, but if the solution they come up with is only to add a fifth bowl and a little more access, that is not a successful resolution of the issues.

Democrats have not been a party that wins when they stray too far from these traditional values. They won't make those positions ones that will go up on a flag.

Harry Potter changed everything. It's this juggernaut that is bigger than anything else out there, and it forced all of us to take notice of children's books.