New Orleans did not have a robust economy to begin with. I think it's going to be very difficult for New Orleans to truly come back. It will take years,

If you look at the total crop report just about everything was up, which bodes well for the county's economy.

There are no benefits in this merger for consumers or the U.S. economy. This merger continues the anticompetitive resurrection of the old Bell monopoly.

The thing that has worried me for most of the year is that the economy is very good, but the majority of voters don't think so. Pocketbook issues matter for the ability to win elections in 2006.

His first priority is to get the base behind him, even if that produces a nominee that is really fought over in the Senate and possibly defeated.

It's going to be an ongoing up-and-down situation for as far ahead as the eye can see. None of it is good for DeLay.