I'm a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I'm invited to all the inaugural balls.

You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.

Liberals don't hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia.

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.