I Hope We Can Get Back To

When You Succeed (with Legislation), That Feeling Is Exhilaration. And It Takes Leadership From A President, Which Means You Meet With Members Of Congress 24/7 And You Talk And You Listen.

The Department Of Education Should Not Be Producing Paid Political Advertising For The President, It Should Be Helping Us To Produce Smarter Students.

Diplomacy Matters. Burden-sharing Matters. Follow-through Matters. And Yes, Sustaining The Peace Is Harder, More Complex And Often Costlier Than Winning The War Itself. No Matter The Surge Of Momentary Machismo -- As Gratifying As It May Be For Some -- It's Short-sighted And Wrong To Simply Go It Alone.

I Was Raised In A Working Class Family Of Baptist Faith, And I Went To College On A Church Scholarship Where Early Teachings Were Reinforced. Abortion Was Wrong, I Was Taught.

Politics Is A Substitute For Violence.