The argument is that Venezuela is not willing or they're not going to be able to (comply with the cuts). Here it is eight, nine days later and they're already backing out. We knew it wasn't going to last, but this is a little on the ridiculous side.

If they didn't pause after Katrina, they are not going to pause in the next few months.

Consumers aren't knocking the cover off the ball. Their confidence isn't a grand slam, but they aren't striking out, either.

It's a slippery slope. I'm not willing to jump off the bridge unless the veterinarians are willing to jump off the bridge.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument

But those states that are not going to comply by Jan. 1 have been in touch with the Department of Justice. The agency has taken the practical position it is going to work with us, and we are making good-faith efforts to comply by the next federal election. I know of no state that is going to be sued for noncompliance.