When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in favor of his candidacy.

My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better.

The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this.

[But Bustamante -- whose announced campaign strategy is to urge Californians to vote] No on Recall, Yes on Bustamante ... that there's some good that could come from this as a result.

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically.

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.