The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.

Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.

The president has an obligation to serve all the people of America.

I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

Many Democrats have a pre-9/11 worldview.

You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to the math.