TONY BLANKLEY

The White House described the talks as “frank” which is diplomatic language for the fact that the talks went badly.

While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats.

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

The Republican party must break with its long-established instinct for caution and make a bold stand for first principles of freedom and constitutional limitations on government - from full repeal of Obamacare to rolling back multitrillion-dollar deficits. This is not so much a reproach of past Republican conduct as it is a recognition of new opportunities.

The fact is that we do pay attention. I think that it's unfortunately the case, whether you're a man or woman and you're running for president you need to look as good as you can look.

Presidential campaigns are mistakes poorly or well recovered from.

You win elections with coalitions. You don't win elections by ideologically cleansing your party.

We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.

Starting in 1994, with the Republican election of Congress, I think [Rush] Limbaugh made a difference in electing the Republican majority. In the following three elections, he made the difference holding the majority. And in 2000, in the presidential race in Florida, he was the difference between Gore and Bush winning Florida, and thus the Presidency.

There is a danger in action. There is a danger in inaction. The people have to decide which is greater…. A 21 year old Moslem Male is a lot more likely to be a terrorist than an 85 year old Norwegian grandmother …. Scrutinize more carefully the people who are in a category that might make them more likely to be a danger.

When we see losses of an opponent, we are heartened.

There is always greed. There is nothing wrong with greed.

Democratic politics has always been rough.

Economists have predicted seven of the last two recessions.

If you're going to be on the slogan side of an issue, you're going to win. If you're going to be on the details side of an issue, you're going to lose.

Presidential campaigns are mistakes poorly or well recovered from.

You win elections with coalitions. You don't win elections by ideologically cleansing your party.

The White House described the talks as “frank” which is diplomatic language for the fact that the talks went badly.

I’ve looked monkeys in the eye, and I see a relative.

While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats.

It may not be fair, but it's true that in politics - in TV broadcasting, in any public figure - people pay attention to your appearances. One of the things we were all talking about was Al Gore won't be running for president unless we see that he's losing weight. Americans usually elect a taller man president.

We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.

As boom- and bust-prone as high finance always has been and remains, the greatest systemic risk to our economy is not Wall Street. It's the growing federal debt (and weakening dollar) being enacted by those Washington politicians - the ones who want to protect us from Wall Street.

Starting in 1994, with the Republican election of Congress, I think [Rush] Limbaugh made a difference in electing the Republican majority. In the following three elections, he made the difference holding the majority. And in 2000, in the presidential race in Florida, he was the difference between Gore and Bush winning Florida, and thus the Presidency.

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.

The fact is that we do pay attention. I think that it's unfortunately the case, whether you're a man or woman and you're running for president you need to look as good as you can look.

The Republican party must break with its long-established instinct for caution and make a bold stand for first principles of freedom and constitutional limitations on government - from full repeal of Obamacare to rolling back multitrillion-dollar deficits. This is not so much a reproach of past Republican conduct as it is a recognition of new opportunities.

A Diogenesian search for an honest person would rarely lead to the author of a memoir.

I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority.