Because liberalism typically doesn't sell in American presidential politics, liberal candidates tend to run as culturally conservative centrists.

There is no appeasing Putin. Frankly, there is no directly stopping him, either. It is only possible to raise the costs to him of his war, including the military costs. If we won'€™t provide military materiel to Ukraine now, we deserve the contempt with which Putin regards us.

Clinton's fakery was so deft and deeply ingrained that it was impossible to tell where it ended and the real Bill Clinton began. This constituted a kind of political genius.

[Donald Trump] campaigned on an enormous tax cut, and he campaigned on a deregulatory agenda.

Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings.

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.

Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.