Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.

The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are.

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

The only person who was a strong public opponent of the war in Iraq is Barack Obama. The other people weren't. So I can understand why all the left is mad, because they're being shut out.

Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.