[Across town, a somber Gary Bauer, who placed fourth with only 9 percent, told a small crowd,] I was convinced the candidacy was the right thing. ... We will fight the good fight. We are going to build a team like this all around the country.

It's sober, somber. It's affected everyone in town.

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

This is the fourth station we've shut down. I told him I'd stay to the end. Well, this is the end.

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

Living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me.