You weigh the sacrifice you put into it with the progress that we make, and the Legislature has not made progress on the big issues facing Oregon.

The deal-making went way past the need for organizing and closing down the session.

We cannot take the progress we have made over the past four years and put it in the hands of the most persistent and vigorous opponent of that progress.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

Since 9/11, we have spent only $500 million to secure our mass transit system. That's a sum we spend every three days in Iraq.