Three months is a lifetime in politics,

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, representatives choose their voters.

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.