They can't get any rougher on us unless they show up with Uzis.

I think you would have to say that Gov. Bush has had a rougher passage to the nomination. McCain stung him badly in New Hampshire and then came back from the South Carolina to win again in Michigan ... the kind of state that represents a battleground in a general election. Losing to McCain there really did inflict some wounds on Bush.

We supply units for equipment like bulldozers, coal hauling trucks and cranes, plus strip mines. It's essentially a four-month business, but now makes up about half of our total business.

I mulled over what he had told me as I savored the Scotch. Not bad, really — like a beer that’s been in a brawl.

They wouldn't have enough money to pay him.

Listen, no matter what, when he's running, ... you throw it to first.