The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on this is the black hole of American politics.

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.

Rush Limbaugh, we expect nonsense from him. But the Vatican, that's another story. When the Vatican is so threatened that it launches attacks on nuns, well, you know what they say in politics, a hit dog hollers.

In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

I always had a long-term view of going into politics, so I suppose I was always careful. I mean, I got offered all these rinky dink tax deals, but I always paid my taxes. I am naturally quite conservative.

I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family.

Politics is gut commercials are gut.

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.