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.

As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed.

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

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

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

As a Republican, I never expected to be working with Hillary Clinton.