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The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.

The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.

Senators, like everyone else, want to feel a part of this decision-making process. They want to feel included.

My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.

The different Washington, D.C.-based groups and the different special interest groups, they all want to be able to pick who they want to be a senator. They don't speak for everyone, and they definitely don't speak for Oklahomans.

I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.

The Granite State needs a senator who knows that New Hampshire comes first - and leads like it.