I actually think agendas are more often found in State of the Union speeches than in inaugural speeches.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

All of our panelists are deeply engaged in the topics at hand, so that leaves me free to convene a little dinner party, sans alcohol, and invite the rest of America to listen in.

I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.

When you are interviewing someone, you have a chance to follow up, to press, to dig in. In a debate there's 30 seconds for the other guy, too. And the goal is to get them to engage with each other, not to engage you necessarily.

I'm not really good at being predictive, so I guess I'm willing to be surprised.

We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.