One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy.

Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up.

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus the bowling alley Republican. Colin Powell brings us back to the country club image. He's an insider. He's a moderate.

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making an end run around talk radio. Suddenly we're faced with an information age.