Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

I've always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.