After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought.

There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.

In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.

History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.