I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Clinton cost John Kerry more votes than he gained for him whenever they appeared together. Imagine being part of a crowd enraptured by the presence of Bill Clinton, and then having to listen to a speech by John Kerry!

The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.

There is a certain comfort in waking up and finding that Michael Jackson is still the Big Story. At least it tells you that nothing horrible has happened in the world that would force them to move on to real news.

I'm more concerned about members of Congress being drug-free than I am about members of the Yankees or Giants

Once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep.

Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later.

Political pornography is not unlike the sexual kind: difficult to define, but you know it when you see it