The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

Some of necessities go astray, because for them there is no such thing as a right path.

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts.

I will keep faith with death in my heart... For the sake of goodness, for the sake of love, Let no man's heart be ruled by death... The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life; to regard it, with the understanding and the .emotions, as the inviolable condition of life.