For people who point fingers, the two biggest culprits are the media, number one, and negative ads, number two.

Any time you have a corruption story that touches you in any way, it has an impact on your campaign.

is the worst scenario because what makes you really angry is when you run across friends who said they just didn't have time to vote.

It was pretty clear from his speech, he recognizes the urgency: We've had it with dependency on foreign oil. It affects everything, both international and domestic policy. Most Americans would say that's what's on their minds.

It's the swing part of the swing state.

This is the toughest State of the Union address that any president has had to make in a long time. Domestically and internationally, the atmosphere is poisoned.

This is far from over. The fat lady's not singing yet and probably won't sing for a while.

There's stress from the family, or they've ignored their family. Or there has been negative campaigning that's made the family angry at the person running in the first place. Sometimes, divorce happens.

You almost have to have a full-time investigative reporter on staff.