I think any politician from the Northeast is going to have a difficult selling job to the rest of the Republican Party. It's the social issues, but it's also a broader cultural difference.

[So the Potters gave it a rest. Until last spring, that is, when they noticed that Ken Bacher was now spearheading the Dalai Lama's redux.] That's when I finally decided to take this issue public, ... As a result, we've been shunned by our friends. But this has been eating at me for 12 years.

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.

It hit me punch hard. And I cried for a half hour. Just world was shattered. Hey, the rest is history.

All these calls he's getting are an infringement upon his ability to rest.

Karr makes a big difference for us because he gives us a consistent jump shooter out there. And the rest of the kids feed off of his positive influence.