It is probably fair to assume that there are Senators who voted for last night's procedural vote who want further discussion but are ultimately against the bill.

Given recent macro and consumer data have been positive, Travis is a great recovery story on a 12-month view. It remains one of our top picks for 2006.

We remain unconvinced that an acquirer would be interested in buying/merging with Hanson, unless the asbestos liabilities were capped in law. We continue to believe that the probability of asbestos reform becoming law in 2006 is extremely thin.

This is a pretty hot issue.

Find a way to make up with some of the senators who opposed him, because senators hold the purse strings

We're putting that data together to go to the Hill to show congressmen and senators exactly what is happening on individual farms. What they want to do is show how these energy costs are hitting the bottom line.