He can grow into a statesman, as Reagan did. Or he can continue to be a caricature of himself.

The general rule is to use up your outside assets first and let assets continue to grow in this wonderful, tax-deferred environment for a long, long time.

He often comes across as harsh and so having surrogates may be the best way for him to go in terms of creating a positive buzz about him as a candidate.

Hopefully everybody heard the message of voters loud and clear -- they want their representatives in Sacramento to do things.

Her skill set is working with people who have intransigent positions and moderating them. The disgust with partisan gridlock is something that people share with her. She had the guts to say it, the rest of us just think it.

The session was full of acrimony and very little public policy. They couldn't get consensus to get anything significant done. Lawmakers and the governor were consumed by the special election.