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I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.

I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

I think it's natural for anyone that participates in a public debate to advocate for the most extreme version that they can, particularly if they believe that government tends to compromise.

Politics is a lot tougher than physics.

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

Populism is dangerous.

Debates, I hate.

There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this electronic media and these blogs and this kind of fanatical impulse to bring down the opposing candidate.