Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.

No true patriot could be for Ron Paul.

There is literally no such thing as an idea that cannot be expressed well and articulately to today's voters in thirty seconds.

The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.

I think that really, when we look at this whole process, we can come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat, that fundamentally all Democrats are Democrats.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have one central idea in their uncluttered, ambitious minds: Hillary in 2008. Let Bush get re-elected, use the '04 primaries and general election to clean out the underbrush of competing Democratic candidates, and proceed unimpeded to the '08 nomination.

The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial.