I'm the only United States Senator in the country that I'm aware of that's had the far left up on TV and the far right up on TV against me at the same time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.
I've always been very suspicious of the left-right dimension in politics.
You turn on the TV, and you hear all these guys: 'Republican Party in disarray. Turmoil in Washington.' I don't think that's the case.
Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left.
I've come to realize that an unencumbered U.S. senator is a profound threat to the whole system. It's somebody that they can't put in a box and say, 'Oh, well, we know how this guy is going to vote.'
Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have packed up and gone home.
I have never left another senator out to dry. Never.
I get all my U.S. politics from 'The Daily Show.'