Let Me Tell You, Life Is Interesting

What They [jim Demint And The Oil Lobby] Do Care About Is The Precedent. If They Open Up Anwr (arctic National Wildlife Refuge), They'll Think They Can Do Anything To The Environment - Anything At All. Drilling In Yosemite? In The Grand Canyon? What's Next?

Some People Play Golf. Some Are Artists, Some Jog. I Like To Write.

If You Dared To Put Your Opinion Into A Factual Piece, Your Editors Said, "you Can't Do This. Write An Op-ed."

Even Though The Press At Times Made Me Completely Crazy As They Followed Me Around The Hall, And Asked Tough Questions Over And Over Again - Now Believe Me, Every Politician Feels This Way - It Is A Necessary Part Of Our Life, And We Must Have A Press That Isn't Cowed And Won't Be Afraid Of Ratings If They Get Put To The Back Of The Room At A Press Conference.

Every American At Some Point Has Got To Make The Connection Between Their Own Hopes And Dreams And Who Is Elected To Office. It's Essential. It's Very Easy To Pull The Covers Up Over Your Head And Say, "i Can't Handle It. Too Much." But We Just Have To Handle It And We Have To Accept That It's Our Job. Each Of Us. Nobody Is Going To Take Care Of It.