Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.

Elections are about the future. And the GOP will not win a campaign focused on the past.

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

To pull off successful attacks in debates, you have to execute with nuance and subtlety. It has to be artful.

Debates require a lot of hard work and preparation. If you try to wing it, it shows.

I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.