I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they've got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case - why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

We need to police ourselves in the media.