I've had my own anecdotals with old friends, here's a gentleman quoted in the Times about, "I believe my government is suppose to protect me but it has let me down. I resent having to defend myself; I shouldn't have to but at this point I don't feel like I have a choice."

It's funny how the history of Jeb Bush is going to be rewritten.

Americans are going to see that as the more religious a Muslim is, the more likely they're going to end up somehow fighting for ISIS' cause.

We're in a political depression - a great political depression

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You cant be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

I include Rudy Giuliani here who, in many ways, is more comfortable as a neocon.

Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a - as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you have a foil.