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I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

I consider myself a progressive. I have a passion for people who work. To me, this is about forward looking versus backward looking. Ideological gradations are the wrong way to look at it.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.

If anything's progressive, then we make progress.

I consider myself a pretty progressive person, and I think I have a track record that shows that. But I'm also not just going to do a policy because it's the liberal thing to do.

I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.

I'm comfortable on the progressive side. But I'm still more pitched at fighting the Right than I am about building a progressive platform for the future. It's fair to say that that conversation doesn't interest me as much.

I am not just a liberal movement. I come from the progressive Left. I am trying to refresh and counter the system.

I'm not ready to give you a clear answer on whether electoral politics holds any particular hope for progressives. It would mean that nothing I did ever mattered.