“I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to ”

“Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story.”