In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.

If Washington continues to fumble issues like taking care of the debt, getting the troops home, and rebuilding our economy, my wife and I may sit down and say, 'These are critical things and maybe we need to get back in the ball.

Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek.

With my hours, I don't hang out with anybody. I work and come home to my Upper West Side apartment.

I am an analyst; my job is to analyze.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

I'm not an angry person. When I write, the lawyer in me tries to make it as easy to read as possible.