We were out here for six months covered in drywall dust, covered in paint, covered in plaster. We put in our blood, sweat and tears.

I wanted to create an atmosphere which was foreign, which was exciting to people, which was authentic.

Under the windows and one spot at the top the paint is flaking and you can see the white plaster underneath.

I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.

I'm better than I was two months ago, better than I was six months ago, and certainly better than I was 17 months ago.

She has been in six months, and she has already had more controversies than the average congressperson does in a career. You never bet against an incumbent. But I tell you, in her case I wouldn't bet more than a nickel on her.