I'm sure when the governor of Louisiana calls the White House, they call her back. But it helps that our governor goes way back with these folks. They can just talk, cut through things. You can't underestimate friends at a time like this.

In Louisiana we call this putting the fox in charge of the hen house,

I'm sure there's always going to be gripes about calls, especially when the championship is on the line. I don't fault him at all for being competitive and passionate about winning.

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call [my husband] because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years. He'll say, 'Christa, just hang in there. People are going to try to do a good job for you.

Having said that, if the governor calls one, we'll be here and they'll be some votes in the affirmative,