It's The Economy, Stupid.

You Cannot Have An Integrated World And Have Your Say All The Time. America Can Lead The World Towards That, But We Cannot Dominate And Run The World In That Direction. There Is A Big Difference.

So Much Of Modern Politics Is Focused Not On Honest Differences Of Policy But On Personal Attacks.

The Problem With Ideology Is If You Got An Ideology, You Already Got Your Mind Made Up, You Know All The Answers, And That Makes Evidence Irrelevant And Argument A Waste Of Time, So You Tend To Govern By Assertion And Attack. The Problem With That Is That Discourages Thinking And Gives You Bad Results.

All America Loses When Any Person Is Denied Or Forced Out Of A Job Because Of Sexual Orientation. Being Gay, The Last Time I Thought About It, Seemed To Have Nothing To Do With The Ability To Read A Balance Book, Fix A Broken Bone, Or Change A Spark Plug.

The United States Should.... Avoid Unilateral Export Controls And Controls On Technology Widely Available In World Markets. Unilateral Controls Penalize U.s. Exporters Without Advancing U.s. National Security Or Foreign Policy Interests.