GLORIA BORGER

For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.

In terms of talking about what our politics has become, it now seems as if Barack Obama is starting to stand outside of it a little bit and critique what our politics has become. And I think he sees himself as a useful critic that way saying that it's not only become dishonest, he said, but now we have a selective sorting of the facts and our politics has become self-defeating.

Every member of Congress is shaped by his or her first election.

Where you have close races, money can make all the difference in the world.

Politicians are not the most reflective people in the world.

Without bogymen, it is hard to raise money and harder to grab at grass-roots America.

Without bogymen, it is hard to raise money and harder to grab at grass-roots America.

Every member of Congress is shaped by his or her first election.

Where you have close races, money can make all the difference in the world.

Politicians are not the most reflective people in the world.

For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.

In terms of talking about what our politics has become, it now seems as if Barack Obama is starting to stand outside of it a little bit and critique what our politics has become. And I think he sees himself as a useful critic that way saying that it's not only become dishonest, he said, but now we have a selective sorting of the facts and our politics has become self-defeating.