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The thing I love about political interviews is, if you're really prepared, you can make great headway because these are the people for whom, theoretically at least, the buck stops.

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.

The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.

If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.