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"And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face."
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"I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope."
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"The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything."
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