It could be a negative statement about life in Nevada, but when you're talking family issues, it could be (about) any number of other factors, ... That goes for CEOs, not just little college professors.

This should be yet another wake-up call for Gibson.

Absolutely, (he's the front-runner). He's got name recognition. He's run campaigns in every county in the state. And he's got money.

Jim Gibbons has always been an outsider. The tax restraint initiative went to initiative because the Legislature wouldn't consider it. I think the Republicans, even though they don't like him, are going to have to come to the realization that he is the guy.

Football was his break, but it can't be everybody's break. That's why the Millennium Scholarship will be his legacy. That scholarship will be the thing that the Guinn administration is best remembered.

In terms of his behavior, you can make that direct analogy about his political style.