Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute to.
Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.
What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course.
I mean, the last thing I want to do is be involved in politics.
Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.
Politics is a rough and tumble business. It's not for the faint-hearted. I've got bruises and cuts from being in the political arena. But by and large, I understand how to navigate the process.
I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.
I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.