We walked to demonstrate our deep displeasure at the action of the majority party; they disregarded the clear will of the majority of the American people,

They realize they can't hold the majority unless they spend millions in soft money,

Those young people in Afghanistan are not fighting for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. They are fighting for the greatest country that has ever existed on earth. That is the United States of America.

Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition.

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.

I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.