We ought not lose sight of the fundamentals in this debate. The Republican bill repeals the estate or death tax, and the Democrats do not.

The Eureka Republican Women did a disservice by not at least inviting me to participate in this debate as a nonpartisan position.

Our ideas aren't manufactured by some Republican political consultant think tank. We debate fiercely, but at the end of the day we're gonna be better for it.

Well, I'll be available to debate you before the Republican state convention Saturday. You name the time, and I'll be there.

Years later it'll still rankle the debate instantaneously. But it's like, nobody died in that show, nobody starved to death.

Because (Beebe) is perceived as a front runner now, he probably would have more to lose agreeing to a debate.