“A campaign adviser can change the outside appearance of the candidate,...” — Mercedes Schlapp Quote

A campaign adviser can change the outside appearance of the candidate, but the ideology and personality of the candidate remains the same.

Politicians need to stop picking sides and come up with bold solutions where the safety and security of all citizens become a priority.

The king of branding, Mr. Trump performs best when he is on the defense.

What hurts the GOP is when we have leaders placing the blame on other leaders within the party.

Legal immigrants deserve respect for following the laws of our nation and completing the process. This is not an extreme concept. It is a matter of simply protecting our nation's sovereignty and knowing who is coming into our nation.

The Clinton years were not an economic Nirvana; as chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers during part of this time, I'm all too aware of mistakes and lost opportunities.

In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Mr. Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States, a role in which every day he renders what was once extraordinary almost ordinary.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been an adviser to Trump, although he still very publicly couldn't land a job in the president's Cabinet, despite providing that counsel. And Kobach has a long history of making up facts to help him pass unfair voter suppression laws and push extreme anti-immigrant proposals.

I didn't apply for shadow cabinet, because as an MP, I had nine critic portfolios, and so it doesn't make any sense for me to be focusing on just one of those as an adviser on policy to the party.