Indians didn't even get the right to vote until 1924. Now, as a tribal leader, you cannot even get a meeting with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. We're basically blown off by the Clinton administration because there are just 2 million of us, and that's too small a voting bloc. It's crucial that we make ourselves heard. We want to encourage people to vote based on their principles and not their fears, and we want to ensure that all these people who don't vote are not forgotten.
People have a right to vote for what they believe in, for what they feel is right.
It's important to remember that people died for the right to vote. And getting people back into voting, that's something worth fighting for. Most of your work has been in domestic policy areas, like the environment and social justice. We all have strengths in certain areas, and I think that Ralph and I would surround ourselves with good, qualified advisors to handle some of those issues. But I do have experience and ideas about foreign policy.