Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall.

Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.

The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration.

The list of women to potentially be on a major party ticket, in both parties, is embarrassingly short.

John Kerry, windsurfing dilettante

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.

You could say that Trump is the 21st century version of Pat Buchanan. Protectionist, anti-immigrant.