Wall Street people are noted for making early investments, whether for companies or for politicians.

This is both a substantive and a stylistic problem for Bush. Stylistically, he needs to convince people that he is in charge now and he gets it now .

I always tell people JFK's book 'Profiles in Courage' was a very slim volume.

It's a matter of getting people excited and out to vote. Whether the Congress passes a lot of legislation is a separate issue. . . . They can get the electoral issues done just by debating some of the issues.

It's an important event. It's one of those moments in his presidency that people want to remember well and he has to give them an opportunity to do so.

When people hear the word 'pardon,' they think back to Gerald Ford pardoning Nixon in September 1974. That decision alone cost Ford a four-year term as president. This is as big as it gets.