It's a good number, but we're reluctant to read much great significance into it.

The last thing manufacturers want is a Balkanized market where you have inconsistent or conflicting regulations.

Alan Greenspan's highly respected, and [his comments] can't help Bush, but it's early in the process, and we never really did think the president's proposal would sail through as drafted.

Manufacturing has already been in an a recession ... but we were looking for a fourth-quarter turnaround. With the interest rate cuts, tax cuts, and (the fact that) many manufacturers had gone through their inventory set us up for a reasonable recovery.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.