I'm Not As Shy As Everybody Makes

The Happiest Years Of My Mother's Life Were Spent In Washington, D.c. It Was Where She Met My Father, Where John Was Born And Where I Spent My Earliest Years.

I Grew Up In A Household Where Reading Was Encouraged. My Mother Believed In The Power Of Words, And My Father Obviously Did Too.

Many People Remember That Spirit That President Kennedy Summoned Forth. Many People Look To Me As Somebody Who Embodies That Sense Of Possibility.

I Have A Lifelong Devotion To Public Service.

I Can See Both Sides Of Term Limits, And I Think, In Different Positions, Term Limits Make More Sense Than In Some Others.