I think Bill was so helpful because he knew the BRAC process, he knew the shipyard and he could articulate its mission.

This is helpful and tangible to take to Tallahassee and use it as the content for a bill.

I think it's just simply not accurate to give Al Gore and Bill Clinton all of the credit for a successful economy, ... The main thing was the engine that is the American economy, 270 million Americans who get up every day and go to work out there and are the ones who have really generated this enormous wealth.

I remember and know the Bill of Rights. But my instincts tell me to be helpful, and (that attitude) is surprising to a lot of cops who deal with Internet crimes.

We need to be sharing ideas of what to do when lots of people come here. We need to pick one to try and execute it sometime in the coming year.

I continue to believe that locally, we continue to benefit from a positive bounce in shipyard-related news (despite) higher gasoline prices and other national news that might cause people to be cautious.