It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still think of any of them as heroes.

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still think of any of them as heroes.

The member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.

I'm 72-years-old. There's not a hell of a lot they can do to me. I will continue to report what I see and what I feel to be true.

Gary Hart is going to be all over the political spectrum fuzzing it up just like Jack Kennedy.

With nearly two years remaining in his presidency, George W. Bush is alone. In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress - not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment. Republicans in Congress do not trust their president to protect them.

CNN canceled all the shows I was on. They're going in a different direction, but that's their privilege. They own the business.