You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.

Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.

You have to raise $100 million, probably, to be serious.

Roosevelt understands that there are things that are worth surrendering your career for, like defending the country against [Adolf] Hitler.

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from a state party convention, which shows you something that is different than what a caucus shows you.