“Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win.”

“I think these last 10 years have seen just a huge shift in the psyche of this country as regards gay people. I think AIDS had a lot to do with it. So many families who really believed they'd 'never met one' were suddenly confronted with their sons becoming ill, and friends of sons. I think that brou”