Defining Myself, As Opposed To

My Parents Were Always Philosophizing About How To Bring About Change. To Me, People Who Didn't Try To Make The World A Better Place Were Strange.

I Was The Only Person Of Color In The Senate, And My Colleagues Were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms And Trent Lott.

I Am Determined To Try To Rebuild And Renew This Country In Ways That Will Build Community And Level The Playing Field. To Me, That Means Making Certain That The Fight To Preserve Our Civil Liberties Is Waged, Making Certain The Fight Against Discrimination Is Waged, Making Certain That Women Have Opportunity In This Country.

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.

People Just Want To Hear Some Common Sense... And I Bring To Bear The Experience In Local Government And State Government And National Government - I Was The First Woman In History On The Senate Finance Committee - Not To Mention The Diplomatic International Experience.