For too long, President Bush and the Republican Party have ignored the problems of urban America and turned their backs on the needs of our communities,

I personally like him very much, ... but he's a Republican.

We clearly need the Republican Party to reacquire a movement that designs a 21st century Contract with America.

I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but a lousy

Reagan is a symbol who calls the party to be something broader. The Republican Party is in many ways a very disunited party. In a way, by making Reagan a greater figure, you can create a greater unity.

The thing that sustains a strong Fox network is the thing that undermines a strong Republican party.