It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

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

I try hard to be a good Catholic.

I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic.

Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.

There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals.

The media didn’t hand it to Obama; after all, the Number One cable news channel, Fox, is right-wing. The Number One newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, also has a right-wing editorial slant (and is owned by the same guy who owns Fox News). The Number One talk radio show is Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity is Number Two, and Glenn Beck is Number Three. When you control all the largest media outlets, it’s time to stop grousing about liberal media bias.