If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek.

If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny and comment.

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.

[T]he economy remains the top issue for the electorate.

I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion.