It's going to take a miracle for Berlusconi to win. The government has run out of steam.

Right now, the state [government in Trenton] has done more than the federal government on chemical-plant security, and we've got to make sure the federal government doesn't preempt the state.

He will go, but he'll go screaming. He can perhaps hold a little longer. He is clinging with such tenacity it's staggering.

Both candidates have made big promises to cut taxes. But neither has said where the money is coming from or how they'll cut the debt.

He will go some way to address the problems, but he will not be radical.

All the economics have gotten worse in the past five years. The process is going to be very painful.