I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.