Tony Perkins

Yesterday, in his speech, before the Notre Dame student body, the graduating class, he admitted that there -- there may not be common ground, there may not be a resolution, that we may have to agree to disagree.

The reality is the president has to choose between delivering to a radical but small and vocal portion of his base or keeping the support of a lot of moderates that he needs to pass other issues like health care reform.

Well, I think he knows his history. Bill Clinton took on the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military and it cost him greatly in terms of political capital.

No, and I think there's more to what he actually said. In fact, there's more to that sentence than he said. He said that God is in control, and we are not about to give up, to which there was great applause at Focus on the Family when he…

I think they see the military as an organization that's there to defend our nation and defend our ideals.

This mandate was to address the economy. And as he goes off and is sidetracked into these controversial social issues, I think two things happen. One, he takes his eye off the ball of the economy, slowing down the economic recovery and…

His mandate was to address the economy. And as he goes off and is sidetracked into these controversial social issues, I think two things happen. One, he takes his eye off the ball of the economy, slowing down the economic recovery; and…

The fact is there are not cohesive voices within the Republican Party providing leadership, giving those ideas.

I think you have seen the party moving into the wilderness politically over the last two elections, because they have -- they have moved away from those very core ideas that Republicans and conservatives identify with.

There are not cohesive voices within the Republican Party providing leadership, giving those ideas.

I think people want the president to succeed in doing the right thing.

I think you've seen the party moving into the wilderness politically over the last two elections because they've moved away from those very core ideas that Republicans and conservatives identify with.