Tim Kaine kind of gives the warmer, human face of the Democrats.

If I were John Bolton, I'd take great consolation in the words of my principal supporter on the committee, who gave a ringing endorsement, which was, There is no evidence that he has broken any laws.

Health care, it's going to be political. It's going to be, let's say, the confluence of the politics and the messy implementation.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a green light, a further green light, after Citizens United, to the biggest money to have the bigger voice in our politics, and to sound out and drown out the voice of just ordinary citizens.

The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans has been more upscale.

Politics is a contact sport - a question of accepting an elbow or two.