#me

This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#african american #american #anybody #kid #like

California has a beautiful coastline. It can be a rough coastline. The waves are huge. The rocks are steep. Same thing in Vancouver. It has a beautiful coastline. It's dramatic. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#california #coastline #dramatic #huge #rocks

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#any #blending #change #climate #climate change

If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#directions #driver #new #person #refuses

I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#had #i #laughed #loud #myself

Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#become #believe #both #change #come

Republicans are definitely pro-birth - they'll do everything they can to make sure that that baby comes out, regardless of how it got in, but are they pro-life? Can you be pro-life and vote to cut funding that supports the life of a child? ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#child #comes #cut #definitely #everything

To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own. ↗

— John Gray

#his #know #man #offer #own

Team Obama continues to dominate new media, spending far more effort and money than Team Romney in targeted online youth outreach. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#dominate #effort #far #media #money

The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#behind #colleges #community #created #displaced