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I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics.

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family.

I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man.

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

I enjoy talking about politics a great deal.

It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there.

My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a little bit stronger, a little bit more street-wise, if you will. That's rubbed some feathers the wrong way.