Boundaries Aren't All Bad. That's

At Some Point, Don't Voters Start To See All Of Public Life As One Big Polluted River? And If They Do, Don't They Stop Saying Things Like "that's A Busted Tire Floating By" And "that's An Old Shoe"?

Loyalty Consists Of Many Things, Including Being Truthful With Our Friends. When You Really Disagree, You Have To Say So.

The Democratic Party's Complete Obeisance To [the Abortion] Lobby Makes Democrats Look Bought, Frightened And Craven.

The Democratic Party Should Say, "thank You Very Much, But You Know What, We're Going Back To Be A Big-tent Party. Broad On Social Issues Like This, We Are Declaring, Go With Your Heart If You Truly Feel That You Can Be, That You Are Pro-life, And You Wanna Be Pro-life, And A Democrat, Go For It." The Democratic Party Has I Think Been Hurt Very Badly In Terms Of Its National Reputation With This Narrow, Sort Of, You Can't Be In Our Party If You Don't Hold The Right Views On Abortion. It Would Be A Brilliant Political Move If They Opened Up.

Speeches Are Not Magic And There Is No Great Speech Without Great Policy.