You know, people'd always ask "Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?" They never seen the house I'm running from.
I came to the conclusion that in order to end racial barriers, I needed to run for the office of the president and put forth an agenda of social justice and world peace. In addition, I concluded that someone needed to run and challenge the liberal orthodoxy.
I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate.
We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their states. We will run the country.
If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose.
We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.
I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.
It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote does not matter or do vote and nothing happens.
