Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me - sports... basketball. I use it because you're naive if you don't see the national full-court press picking away right now: A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket... and she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can WIN.

Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

You know what? I didn't mess up about Paul Revere... In a shout-out, gotcha type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history.

What does the vice president do?

To choose and be so adamant about this exact location just a block or two away from 9/11, again is that knife, it feels like.

The Dutch and the Norwegians, they are known for dikes and for cleaning up water and for dealing with spills.