One of the interesting things about being in public life is there are constantly these pressures being placed on you from different sides. To be effective, you have to be able to listen to a variety of points of view, synthesize viewpoints.

I'm consistently on record and will continue to be on record as opposing concealed carry.

Many of us were kind of irritated with Obama for larding it with tax cut, which we didn't think was going to be stimulative.

We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.

I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate.

While I understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of Michael Brown, giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns, and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos.

You always hear about waste and abuse in Washington. And usually it doesn't mean much, because nobody ever finds where that waste and abuse is.