The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption.

The American people do not want ambassadorships or any other position handed out to save a party money.

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.

Told reporters Wednesday he can support a pathway to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. and that he actually prefers it to a plan that would create a second-class of citizens through alternative programs.

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.

Politics is cyclical.