I think the reason this is so strongly felt by Republicans is the belief that if you raise taxes, the government is going to spend the money anyway or the government is going to waste the money.

The president used to say we need a balanced plan that includes taxes and spending. And now they're saying we can't talk about spending until we have taxes.

I like the economic conservatism of the Tea Party. They are the ones reminding America that we are going broke.

Well, look, John Boehner also today put the idea of taxes on the table. And he has caught the flack for that.

At the end of the day, it's the job of both the president to split from the liberal base of his party and it's the job of the Republicans to split in some ways from the most vociferous base of the conservative party.

The Tea Party does make it more difficult for the speaker. On the other hand, the Tea Party are the ones who woke the Republican Party up to the fact that we're a nation going broke and we really do have to take it on.

At the end of the day it's the job of the president to split from the liberal base of his party and it's the job of the Republicans to split, in some way, from the most vociferous base of the conservative party -- conservative movement if…

I think we have to get things done in Washington.

The Tea Party is really the ones who have woken us up to it and made us think this is the nation's number one problem and it must be tackled.

The future of the party is through economic growth and economic ideas. Our number one problem remains, debt, and that still is something that Republicans have got to lead the way in solving.

The cultural divides are turning the Republican Party, and this is the red state/blue state issue, into essentially an older party, that is a more churchgoing party of married families and children.

If you want people to vote for you, you have to be more comfortable talking to people.

Romney can't get to 270. And he can't get there without Ohio.

Seniors is a very shifting group.

Yes, and the best way to know who's going to win is the enthusiasm. There's no question that's what we have to measure on Tuesday night. It's down for the president. The question is how much.

The president deserves a mulligan on this one. It's the last day...

The Democrats have gained in the last several years among minorities and their turnout is up.

This is what it comes down to. And this is why it is so real that there's a path to 270 for Mitt Romney. It's because of that decline in enthusiasm compared to four years ago.