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.

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

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

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.

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