The President Has An Obligation To Serve

I Think It's Dawning On Some Democrats That Obstructing The Patriot Act, Like They've Been Obstructing Everything Else, Is Bad For Them Politically.

We're An Empire Now, And When We Act, We Create Our Own Reality. And While You're Studying That Reality - Judiciously, As You Will - We'll Act Again, Creating Other New Realities, Which You Can Study Too, And That's How Things Will Sort Out. We're History's Actors... And You, All Of You, Will Be Left To Just Study What We Do.

When You Appoint Someone, You Appoint Somebody Because Of Their Character, Their Convictions, Their Abilities. And Not Because You Have A Belief, A Confidence, In A Foreordained Outcome In Any Given Decision.

In Europe And The United States, You've Got Different Systems To Select Candidates, And No System Is Perfect.

Would I Like To See The Republican Party Be The Dominant Party For Whatever Time History Gives It The Chance To Be? You Bet.