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

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

At some point he has to show that he has a vision of a better way. He can't just say 'The future is bleak, follow me.' Because no one will.

Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.

America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.

Negativity drove me out of politics in the mid-Nineties.

As a husband and as a father of girls, I cannot imagine any woman in my family making the sacrifice of sanity required to run for office. The limited reward for public service cannot blunt the cost.