The stated objective and the mission of Vladimir Putin's Russia is to destabilize the North Atlantic Alliance.

Now Republicans are a more interventionist party than they have been at any time since George W. Bush left office.

Sometimes, you just let the country have its way, and you don't try to determine the shape of the country. You sort of modestly step back and let the country figure out what it believes.

All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate Obama had it on his side in 2008. The Democrats had it on their side in 2006. The enthusiasm, the intensity, the passion was all on their side.

There is a cleavage and a divide in America like I have never seen before.

From 1976, Judy to 1996, we had six presidential elections. And it was run under the Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1974. In all six of them, every candidate agreed to limits of what he could collect in contributions and what he could spend in seeking a nomination. And they all abided by it.

The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay.