We are world leaders, and we need to act like it.

I think calling what Paul Ryan is doing a 'budget' is lending some validity to it. It is not a budget. If it were a budget, he could justify his revenue projections, he could justify his cuts, and he can't. This is a scheme to rob the poor and give to the rich.

I'm a very direct person just generally. I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily. I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it and go on to the next thing.

More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant.

I'm not about sound bites. I'm about substance.