I generally think debates within a party should not be treated as a scandal. They should be treated as a sign of strength, to be honest.

If you just rely on one model, you tend to amputate reality to make it fit your model.

I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.

Research by Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheldon M. Singh has found that, on average, Oscar winners live nearly four years longer than nominees that don't win.

Two terrible behaviors don't make a good behavior.

The ugliness can sometimes be super ugly, but also a warning sign of something down below.

The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.