The 2008 Election Settled Nothing, Not Even

The Battle For The Mind Of Ronald Reagan Was Like The Trench Warfare Of World War I: Never Have So Many Fought So Hard For Such Barren Terrain.

By Trying To Do Too Much, You Risk Not Doing Enough.

The Thing Political Figures Fear Most Is A Terror Event That Will Ruin Their Careers. The Biggest Thing They Fear Is That A Bomb Goes Off And It Can Be Traced To Something They Did Or Didn’t Do, An Action They Did Or Didn’t Support. They All Fear Being Accused Of Not Doing Enough To Keep The Citizenry Safe.

The Biggest Political Change In My Lifetime Is That Americans No Longer Assume That Their Children Will Have It Better Than They Did. This Is A Huge Break With The Past, With Assumptions And Traditions That Shaped Us.

In A President, Character Is Everything. A President Doesn't Have To Be Brilliant... He Doesn't Have To Be Clever; You Can Hire Clever... You Can Hire Pragmatic, And You Can Buy And Bring In Policy Wonks. But You Cant Buy Courage And Decency, You Cant Rent A Strong Moral Sense. A President Must Bring Those Things With Him. He Needs To Have, In That Much Maligned Word, But A Good One Nonetheless, A Vision Of The Future He Wishes To Create.. But A Vision Is Worth Little If A President Doesn't Have The Character - The Courage And Heart - To See It Through.