Carlyle would never have gotten to the level that it is at today had it not been for this premeditated commingling of business and politics.

The fact that George H.W. Bush was working for them while his son was president, while his son, in fact, was dramatically increasing defense spending?that seems to me one of the most blatant conflicts of interests in history.

I have to give a lot of the credit to my offensive line. They stepped it up today against a quality defense. It's a lot easier coaching when you have second-and-5 most of the time rather than second-and-10.

Matt showed me something today about himself as a pitcher. He struggled early but Matt came back and pitched a great game today.

No buses showed up, and no buses were turned away, ... I have been in contact with ADEM twice today (Tuesday), and there are no such buses en route. And if they should show up, and we were not notified, we would deal with it. We have lots of people ready to step up and help. The citizens of the county will step up and help them.

He did really well today. Get used to that name, he'll be doing some great things.