I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.