Bullock said the priorities he would bring to a presidency are clear.

— “First and foremost we have to break the leash that dark money and corporate money has on the political system. Everything else can’t be addressed until we can do that," he said. "When we start to curb the incidence of outside money in campaigns it will make everything easier.”

He said, “I go back to the first George Bush address when he said ‘We’ll handle the greenhouse effect with the White House effect.’ But now 30 years later most of the GOP can’t even acknowledge (because of donor pressure) that climate change exists.”

— Next, he said, “It will be a priority for the next president to restore America’s role in the world, recognizing that in the last few years we have shaken our allies and created added instability.

— “We also are living in a time where a fair shot at the American dream doesn’t exist for so many people. ... Most people don’t believe that they can do better than their parents or their grandparents did, and that’s not right," he said. "We need to be better at training, better at providing opportunity.”

— “Climate change itself needs to be recognized and addressed,” he said.