I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?
Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.