I think that really, when we look at this whole process, we can come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a moderate Democrat, that fundamentally all Democrats are Democrats.

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

Anybody who thinks that getting a communication from a voter in your district is spam - that guy is pork. Roast pork unless he changes his point of view.

As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase.

I didn't do what they said I did. I may have done enough so that I don't know if I can prove my innocence.

More and more, the Democrats are not merely inconsistent, wrong and/or misguided - they are the worst of all possible things you can be in Washington: irrelevant.

Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.

Washington is a mean town where human sacrifice has been raised to an art form.

The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

Which would you choose if you could:pleasure for yourself despite your friendsor a share in their grief?

The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world.

It does feel really good to sing songs about somebody that I really respect, admire, love, care about and am so passionately attracted to after all this time.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

If I can make it, you can make it.

There is nothing invisible in this universe! There is only our lack of eyesight!

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist because perfection is imperfection.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

I'm compelled and dedicated to transmitting emotions and I care for very little else.