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You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way.

I don't have any interest whatsoever in getting back out there and bashing Hillary Clinton.

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

I do like the nonpartisan atmosphere here at City Hall where you can talk with the person who opposes you and either get their support or not.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

I have a lot of Republican friends.

I'd like to see that bipartisanship come back that we used to have in the House of Representatives, in the Clinton years. I think there's a possibility that the voters are going to send the message that everybody running - Congress, the Senate, the presidency - that they want us to come together.

If you want a senator who'll partner with the president to do what's best for the nation, I'm your guy.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.