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 think the worst thing [Donald Trump]did was the tweet the other night about illegal votes.

T.V. style pageant of people parading through Rudy Giuliani, now on the phone, if he doesn`t come in person today to get his two cents in.

At least on the domestic side of things that you`re seeing, [Mike] Pence has that influence big time. But when it comes with what political fights to have?

The State Department has been your beat for so long. It has always smelled like Bob Corker was the in case of emergency, the easy guy.

This feels like a Steve Bannon whispering in [Donald Trump's] ear.

[Barack] Obama, he`ll be out of office soon and, frankly,[Donald] Trump relies on him .