I would say I see myself as a psychiatrist in remission.

Tuesday's victory was big. But it did nothing more than level the playing field and give you a shot. Take it.

Look, I don't mind if the President sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. But when he prefaces his remarks as we just saw by saying we have to put politics aside, posing again as the one person in the country who rises above partisanship and party, speaks for the national interest, it's really grating.

Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

In the Middle Ages people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: "fair," leveled and social democratic. Obama didn't get elected to warranty your muffler. He's here to warranty your life.