Don't Expect Others To Do Your Work

Never Look For The Story In The 'lede.' Reporters Are Required To Put What's Happened Up Top, But The Practiced Pundit Places A Nugget Of News, Even A Startling Insight, Halfway Down The Column, Directed At The Politiscenti. When Pressed For Time, The Savvy Reader Starts There.

Decide On Some Imperfect Somebody And You Will Win, Because The Truest Truism In Politics Is: You Can't Beat Somebody With Nobody.

The Most Fun In Breaking A Rule Is In Knowing What Rule You're Breaking.

The Republicans Do Not Look On The Democrats As The Evil Empire.

President Reagan Is A Rhetorical Roundheels, As Befits A Politician Seeking Empathy With His Audience.