But look you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them and instead the coverup was created.

About 25 years ago I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston.

There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now not politics.

In my case I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

No matter where I go - London Beirut Jerusalem Washington Beijing or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better not pull them apart.

I was looking for something like baseball where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.

First of all I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.

It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.