Republicans can also point to an alternate path. They can draw upon genuine experts to explain what should be done.

The average GOP presidential vote in these last five elections was 44.5 percent. In the last three, it was 48.1 percent. Give Romney an extra point for voter disillusionment with Obama, and a half-point for being better financed than his predecessors. It still strikes me as a path to narrow defeat.

American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles.

[Donald Trump] will try to renegotiate the trade deals a little bit.

Republican Congressmen and senators will be in a very interesting place, where they have to support the president-elect - president - what will be President [Donald] Trump when they - when they agree with him, try to guide him in certain ways, I think oppose him on some things.

First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people.

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.