The NRA is weakening but the opposing forces are stronger. A member of Congress has and still does pay a price for voting against the NRA. But now a member pays a price for voting with the NRA, too. In many districts, the price is higher when a member votes with the NRA than against the NRA. The public is outraged.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

When a nominee doesn't get 60 votes, you shouldn't change the rules, you should change the nominee.

Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.

Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.

We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things; it tells China, it tells Iran. That would be terrible.

I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.