So Little Of What Makes

Speech Writers Are More Vulnerable To Vanity Than Any Other Group Of People In Washington.

Yet When The Hour Of Decision Arrives, It Turns Out That Many Conservatives Care As Little As Ever About Administrative Skill And Executive Accomplishment. Our Party And Our Movement Overwhelmingly Respond To Symbolic Cues. Sarah Palin Is Exciting And Appealing. But What Kind Of Executive Is She? None Of Us Have Even The Remotest Idea.

So Little Of What Makes A Democracy Work Is Written Down. So Much Of It Is Just The Things You Don't Do. There Are A Lot Of Things That A Prime Minister Or A President Can Do And They Don't Do Them Because It Never Occurs To Them To Do Them.

There Are A Lot Of Wonderful People In America Who Shouldn't Be On The Supreme Court - And A Lot Who Should Be On The Court Who Aren't Such Wonderful People.

Republicans Have To Move To A Point Of Greater Unity.