The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.

The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?

America is not what's wrong with the world.

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.