I believe if we had elections right now, that Democrats would lose control of both chambers of the legislature because of the scandal. I feel like I'm acting in the party's best interest. By getting rid of him now, we don't have to deal with it.

Every time the Democrats lose either elections or a major issue, they blame me, they blame talk radio, and they blame you.

They've sold out on a wide-range of issues, not just gun control. They've become more Democrat than the Democrats.

We have, of course, the ability to do flood control right now, but it's spread out throughout our system.

I feel very strongly as a partisan Democrat that this will be a major issue in the 2006 election.

It's past the time for study commissions and committee meetings. If the governor wants to lead on ethics, he can do two things - call for Jim Black to step aside as speaker of the House, and rescind Bill Culpepper's appointment to the Utilities Commission for taking a contribution from a regulated utility after he was appointed.