This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.

I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.

If we are negative by nature, we Americans are more human than most. The Founding Fathers loved going negative. Heck, the Declaration of Independence is one long negative ad.

[Tea Party goers are] just a bunch of wimpy, whiny, weasels who don't love their country.

It seems to me the American people never really forgave the Democrats for being right about Vietnam.

Republicans want to punish work and reward wealth; hence the high payroll tax and the low dividend tax. Said one Bush economic adviser, if we can't help wealthy investors and screw working people, what's the point in being a Republican?

Always attack, never defend.