At the end of the day, his leaders, their agenda, prevailed.

When he's down in Washington, he basically does what his Republican leaders tell him to do. And when he postures for the folks back home, it's always on a losing effort.

We realized that we had to be the leaders.

Jim is one of the most respected leaders in the search industry, having been principally responsible every day for the turnaround of the Ask product and brand over the past several years. With his vision for the future and successful track record for driving the Ask.com business, he has been and will be the ideal leader for the next stage of the company's growth.

Hopefully he'll ask good questions and listen carefully to the other leaders at the table so South Carolina can move forward again.

This is a more important deal. Luckily for me, we had girls that are great leaders.