I don't think it's so much that the American people don't give a rip. I think it's that the vice president doesn't give a rip. If you really think about it, he doesn't really have to answer to anybody. He is not going to run for president. He is done, and so he can kind of do what he wants ...

The reality is you still need some sort of a mass message to move mass numbers of voters.

Alan was a great football player, but he would never have been elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court if he also wasn't a great lawyer.