If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag..

We in Los Angeles, who have ourselves been helped to stand up - to recover and rebuild after a disaster - want to help the families and communities o….

You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A..

The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called an….

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward..

In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part ….

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish..

We stand with President Obama - love doesn't have a color, love doesn't care if you're gay or straight. Love doesn't discriminate..

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I thin….

Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forwar….

Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority and tenure. I….

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actio….

I don't want to describe either Governor Mitt Romney or the Republicans as stupid, but I will say this - if you look at their platform, the 2012 plat….

Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid..

My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken ma….

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me..

You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate..

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office..

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners..