Donors don't win elections; voters win elections.

They're elections, and we want to win elections.

Even if we don't win elections, we are talking policy.

It's more than likely there will be leadership elections in January. We don't want to go into an election year without a permanent majority leader.

We can't do everything with a budget, but we can put the country on much sounder financial footing.

You pay a price when you have an objective sentencing system. That is, nothing is perfect.