The question now is: Is he on the way up, or is he going to stay in the toilet?

He often comes across as harsh and so having surrogates may be the best way for him to go in terms of creating a positive buzz about him as a candidate.

Hopefully everybody heard the message of voters loud and clear -- they want their representatives in Sacramento to do things.

Her skill set is working with people who have intransigent positions and moderating them. The disgust with partisan gridlock is something that people share with her. She had the guts to say it, the rest of us just think it.

The session was full of acrimony and very little public policy. They couldn't get consensus to get anything significant done. Lawmakers and the governor were consumed by the special election.

I think for the average voter it's all just a blur. And it's going to get worse because every available spot around prime time is booked and they're spending outrageous amounts of money on it.