I think bowl games are good. It's good for teams that aren't in the BCS. It's a good way to finish the year. If you win you feel like you accomplished something. In a playoff there would only be one winner.

I don't have to look in the media guide to know what happened in those games. I'm well aware of it. I've experienced it throughout my life.

We don't have a history of doing well in bowls.

We get a large chunk of Bush voters who are not motivated to go out and vote for Republicans this fall. That puts a lot of red districts into play.

The results speak to an opportunity for Democrats to take back the high road on an issue they've been playing defense on for 20 years.

It's as much for internal [Republican] consumption as it is for public consumption. They have a very demanding wing that's conservative and intense on social issues whom they have to satisfy to get them to vote and to keep them on the reservation.