The country wants the president and the Congress focused on jobs and the economy. Any regulation that the president promulgates that isn't focused on, I think, is a risk for him, and the same is true for Congress.

What if he says [Donald Trump] plans to run again in 2020?

The Democrats pulled out one of their most powerful surrogates - and no, it wasn't President [Barack] Obama. Beyoncé showed up at a GOTV rally in Cleveland, joining her husband, Jay Z, and Hillary Clinton.

The enthusiasm for [Donald] Trump had gone up. The net result was it made people more supportive of him.

The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.

There's a lot of anxiety about terrorism among the country at large. There's also a feeling the country has stagnated.

The GOP establishment, in particular, is facing a pick-your-poison kind of decision. Many establishment Republicans dislike [Ted] Cruz personally. He has no Senate endorsements.