The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot.
I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.
Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people.
And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face.
I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents.
We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.