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The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.

A Democrat has to show the toughness to govern. People don't doubt that Republicans will be tough.

I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.

Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party.

There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican, and that is the Democrats. It's going to be hard to do a worse job running American than the Republicans have, but if anybody can do it, it's the Democrats.

By definition, the person who learns enough to become the nominee is almost certainly the best person for the general election.

The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates.

Republicans are good at standing by their candidate.

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win.