Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it.

Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go.

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.

Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.

Despite romantic fantasies about caring candidates who learn of America in donut shops, most politicians rely on media to teach them what concerns the average person.

If you're going to be a sexual predator, be a Democrat.

No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq.