"I'm still enraged by it, but I am very happy at Bloomsbury," he says, declaring himself "grateful to Harry Potter, who subsidises me".
"The biggest mistake I used to make was getting personal," he says, declaring that his role model now is Ted Kennedy, the late Democratic senator, who was a friend.
"Many conservatives," he says, "declare that Barack Obama is a Muslim because it feels so good to say so".
The book is the last bastion of the analog, he said, declaring that it had now entered the digital age.
The principals were not cowed, he said, declaring, "They thrive on it".
"I'm for justice," he said, declaring that he has withstood beatings and threats to his life to represent the accused in this case.
"We are no more 'new' than Finland, Poland, Austria, et al, all post WWI states", he said, declaring the concept "intellectually bankrupt" on twitter.
"People are going to find this is a pretty boring subject," he said, declaring that he was not a wealthy man and vowing that the public and the media would have plenty of time to examine the returns.
"I am positive that this council, if it stays the way it is, will be an obstacle to democracy and the political process," he said, declaring that he was speaking only for himself, not his party.
And though the poet at first tended to play down his role — "my involvement is minor in some profound way," he said, declaring himself "an innocent" — he had, by the time Mr. McFerrin performed "Cuba" and "Bran," seemingly settled in.
"This is a dynamic and growing part of the electorate that shares our values," he said, declaring it was "our mission and our goal" to get a higher percentage of the Hispanic vote.
