Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change.

I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

Half of me knows too much to be carefree. But the other half knows enough to be grateful.

I don't like cheap shots, I really don't.

One of the risks of a public trial is a public verdict.

People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.