Dino has pledged to the party, and he did that a long time ago. He will stand by us and help retire that debt.

This will remove a great cause of tension in the party,

Everyone keeps asking, 'When's John going to retire? Is this a retirement party?' and I tell them what's the difference, ... (Assistant General Manager Bernie Cooper) runs the town anyway.

We're going to see a kind of old Democratic Party, new Democratic Party kind of split on this. I think in the end that individual control of part of the retirement Social Security funds has got to happen,

The only thing missing from the retirement party for Blair was a gold clock. It's quite clear that there's an orderly handover taking place. What we saw is the new leader.

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.