These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

The President, who really had been mostly managing his one-man Barack Obama narrative and journey his whole life, without executive experience, certainly - he's not a governor. Some governors, of course, they have experience in executing power, which is something fairly unique, actually, in government. And he has, neither, a set of nourishing experiences.

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.

I think that there's a lot of anxiety out there in people wanting their children to be part of the mainstream, to achieve based on the well-worn yardsticks.

The President [Barack Obama] is very focused on [healthcare]. He, of course, is also writing this speech at high speed. And right coming up until the speech, he is convinced that a full plan, letter and verse of what the administration wants, will be released.