Tony Perkins: “I think he can do it. I like John McCain. I think he's got a lot going for him. But it's not going to happen naturally.…”

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

I think it's really kind of setting the stage to clamp down on -- on those who are expressing themselves against these big-government policies like health care takeover.

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.

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…