Bill Bennett

It seems Obama is an intellectually generous guy. He wants to find common ground.

I don't think John McCain wants to risk further alienating the conservative base.

Yes, I think it is. I said earlier, as he goes to Israel, if he gets peace between Israel and the Palestinians, even I will vote for him.

I said earlier if he goes to Israel, if he gets a peace treaty between the Israel and the Palestinians even I will vote for him.

Now people ask could John McCain distinguish his positions from George Bush. Here's one where he ought to jump in and say I totally disagree with what the State Department is doing here.

What made him look good? What brought us to this point? And that was the surge on which John McCain risked his political career.

But the way to deal with false impressions is with the truth, with true impressions.

This is a professional magazine. Look, it's often a first-rate magazine. You don't get credit if you're 'The New Yorker' for trying. You get credit for succeeding.

Obama's problem is people are still not sure who he is. If they're not sure who he is, this double clever sarcastic satire confused a lot of people.

The other thing is, why would the Obama campaign again want to highlight friction with the Clintons or the Clintons at all? That moment is gone. It's Obama. He's the nominee.

A man big enough to be president is big enough to have the truth told about him.

It's always a legitimate question to ask how a candidate feels about his country and given some of his associations, sure, it's absolutely legitimate to ask.