The way I approach an election, I assume nothing. I run scared as a jackrabbit.

Nonetheless, the Italian political agenda in the run-up to an election suggests that it would be wrong to assume that fundamentals will be fully taken into account.

To assume is to know less than nothing.

If you're scared to lose rather than excited to win, then that's the wrong way to approach a race.

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence.

For too long we've been told about "us" and "them." Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us that "they" are the problem, not "us." But there can be no "them" in America. There's only us.