The first light of day today revealed what we had feared, ... The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.

We had some opportunities on Monday, but the ball just wasn't rolling our way. Today, it was totally the opposite.

My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand.

The president addressed that issue when he removed Mr. Brown, and I thank him for that,

Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty.

We also know that our revenue stream is probably going to have a $750 million to perhaps $1 billion deficit because the southeast region produced an extraordinary amount of our revenue stream and that is in hard state dollars,