The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

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The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

He is television's sultan of splutter.

He is television's sultan of splutter.

There are now more TV's in British households than there are people - which is...

There are now more TV's in British households than there are people - which is...

There are two types of television: the first makes the intelligent more difficult to govern,...

There are two types of television: the first makes the intelligent more difficult to govern,...

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

Richard Nixon was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial -...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God,...

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God,...

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...

It was this really bizarre video idea, this animated Power Ranger-y thing. I said, 'This...