Tuesday is only the end of Phase One. After that is Phase Two, which could be more consequential.

Everybody understands that this (withdrawal) is the prelude to the big battle

The standing of the various parties now is like a big strand of spaghetti all wound around itself. By the time of the elections, everything could look entirely different. That's how fast things change here.

It was just unlucky that they weren't able to capitalize on the opportunities that we had. It could happen to any team.

This is going to be more noise than actual effect on Given.

It's like they're working very hard on the Beta tape and they don't realize people are watching DVDs.