The deadline serves a valuable purpose in motivating people to pay attention.

We know we are going to have some people who are going to have some issues. But we are uncovering gaps, uncovering mistakes, getting people connected to their plans.

The Golden Gate Restaurant Association did a study, when the law first came out, the first quarter, and people reported, based on their experience, a 20 percent loss in revenues.

People, up to now, haven't been paying attention to water. It hasn't been a big issue for a while.

The point is that we're not going to cede any territory. We'll fight on as many fronts as we can with our opponents because we want to position ourselves as the principal alternative to George W. Bush.

This is positive movement. We know that we have more work to do, but we have plans in place to do it.