It's inexcusable, ... We're going to march ourselves right into the minority and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

I have to be a little pessimistic. There is no real stomach for fiscal discipline right now.

I understand we've got like a Bush subordinate in there now. That's unfortunate. But he's got a minority, right? So we can get rid of him pretty soon.

The guy has decided he'd rather shore his relationship with a minority right-wing base than to behave in a way that's more centrist. But no right-wing base has ever elected a governor.

People need to keep in mind that the grass is fuel right now. It's not vegetation. It's fuel. Even throwing a lit cigarette out a car window is prohibited by this order if it happens near a field of grass.

There's no shortage of places where the federal government can tighten its belt to pay the cost of the hurricane recovery effort. Let's face it, after years of uninterrupted growth, the federal government is bloated.