It is Patrick the Legend, of course, who is most engaging and comes to us as something of a happy Celtic party monster.

St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.

I'm not particularly interested in engaging in 12 debates, I think that's way too many. No doubt I will take part in a few of them, but 12 plus all the other ones scheduled by all the other organizations, that would keep us busy continuously.

We clearly are excited about engaging voters, and we're ready to do that.

If Peerless can fill in and do as well as Patrick, then I'll be very happy.

His job is to keep out of her view, and her job is to go after him. By not engaging her, she appears shrill, a voice screaming in the wilderness. It's tactically smart.