The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.

The White House will run itself while the president is away. That's why he has to be sure not to be away too much.

Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them by events.

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

The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.

In fighting scandal, the key is not to overreact.

It is from the center that leaders must lead.