I'm a baseball freak.

Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

Obama has made America cool again - and more than that, he's made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known.

I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through.

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.