Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.

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.

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

Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.

The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness.

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.