Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

I do think that the Republican Party is in a crisis right now, a crisis of confidence about who we are.

Just when you think [Donald Trump] can stoop no lower, he does.

These are people who wanted to provide for their family and wanted a better life. We've got to have a secure border. But we've also, we've got to act compassionately and recognize labor markets as well. ... I've never thought that it's [path to citizenship] a bad thing. If somebody is going to be here for 20, 30 years, to give them some skin in the game, if you will, to hold out the prospect of citizenship.

The impulse to scapegoat and belittle threatens to turn us into a fearful, backward-looking people. In the case of the Republican Party, those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful, backward-looking minority party.

After September 11, it became unpatriotic to question any homeland-security or defense spending, and that let things get out of control.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.