I'm saying it loud: I'm a Republican who supports gay rights.

There's no question that many factors contribute to voters' perceptions about debates and who wins and who loses.

America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.

A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.

I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for those news organizations, so I think those news organizations have a certain bias toward their own readers. Yeah, I think they are a special interest. Of course they are.

It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down.

Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.