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.

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

Politics is show business for ugly people.

I think his deepest quality is empathy.

Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged.

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

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.