Folks who are getting their strokes in the South are not as unhappy with Howard Dean. You don't see anybody starting any movement to get him out of office.

The latest national polls show a tightening in the race to the White House, especially in key states like Ohio and Florida. But when it comes down to it, winning in November [2016] will depend on which candidate has a viable path to 270 electoral votes.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.

I want to see a Republican Party that is a big tent, inclusive party that welcomes all people to be Republicans and to contribute their ideas and support our position of providing opportunity to the American people. And I believe he goes in the opposite direction and deepens the divisions that are so pervasive in our society today.

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

I think I'm careful. My goal is to try to stay away as much from opinion journalism as possible.

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