“I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national ca...” — Bob Beckel Quote

I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.

Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced results.

As a life-long liberal who has engaged in protests against the government and for civil rights, I am saddened at efforts by some of my fellow liberals to silence commencement speakers with whom they might disagree on some issues.

Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we never seem to agree on a problem, much less find solutions.

Anger in the black community towards Republicans is established and immutable.

I mean this is a revolution in how campaigns work - more money was spent by super PACs than by either myself or John Faso. So what that means is that if you're a voter in this district you are more likely to have heard from a super PAC than from me or my opponent.

Social media teams can and do launch clever campaigns, but game-changing Social Business initiatives are typically driven by management teams.

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.