Jewish voters care. They want someone who's good on Israel and who's good on Jewish issues. But they also want somebody who's going to be pro-choice and pro-gun control and pro-gay rights. To the vast majority of the Jewish community, just being good on Israel or on Jewish issues is not enough.

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

Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.

I'm going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.