City outreach teams have been working aggressively to convince these individuals to accept services. There's no question that we're dealing read more

City outreach teams have been working aggressively to convince these individuals to accept services. There's no question that we're dealing with a population that is difficult to engage, but we're making some headway and some of them are accepting services.

They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their read more

They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their income will go up.

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern read more

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.

Our goal is to continue to have a very broad presence on network television.

Our goal is to continue to have a very broad presence on network television.

Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly read more

Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.

These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government read more

These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.

Don't give advice unless you're asked.

Don't give advice unless you're asked.

An increasing number of middle income Americans are benefiting from the rising value of their stocks and mutual funds, and read more

An increasing number of middle income Americans are benefiting from the rising value of their stocks and mutual funds, and they have a stake in our economy, ... Middle income Americans need a capital gains tax cut and I intend to give it to them.