They haven't given any Democrats any oxygen at all. It's total war: it's like Grant in the Civil War - you attack them at all points and at all times.

If the Democrats take over the state Senate, the Republican Party in this state would no longer be just comatose - it would be dead.

This is a very important year for Democrats, nationally and locally. Many national issues ? like the war, like torture, like the response to Katrina, like Medicare Part D, like the incompetence of the Bush administration ? have a very real impact locally, in our quality of life and what we expect from our country.

There was enough dust on his desk to have an archeological dig.

Not only is the playing field not level, it's vertical, and Mike Bloomberg is standing on top of it.

Bloomberg may not engage or inspire. But as CEO, he knows how to manage a situation and stay cool.