The majority party is going to take the position that the Governor can't put her ideas in the hands of the clerk of the House and Senate and the hands of each one of us. That's wrong.

I had hoped we would win a majority with our party alone, but we did even better than that, ... I thank the nation for its support and understanding.

Any political party should draw lessons from what happened. What any party aspires for is to achieve the majority, and form a government, and that is what we did.

there must be a party in the center which reflects the views of the majority of Israelis.

Since no single party will have a majority there will be a need for a very broad-based coalition.

Lobbyists have a tendency to advise their clients that the majority of their contributions should go the party in power. The party in power controls the agenda and can make things happen or keep things from happening.