He's the president's alter ego on political and domestic policy,

I don't feel I have an alter ego.

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat.

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on.

Domestic inflation reflects domestic monetary policy.

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.