Michael Steele has been recruited for some time to run for the seat. We hope he does. Not until he makes a formal announcement that he has decided to run is he an announced candidate.

The bottom line is, I hear my donors, I hear our base out there, I hear the leadership. And we're taking steps to make sure that we're even more - how shall we say it - fiscally conservative in our spending and certainly making sure the dollars are there when it's time to run our campaigns.

[''] Some people don't progress; some are just frozen in time, ... But to look at our generation, we hope that from the leaps and bounds we made, in transgressing our differences, future generations will be able to build from how far we've come.

Dear refuge of my weary soul,
On thee, when sorrows rise,
On thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.

At no time since the pre-1980 buildup to the eruption on May 18 have we seen earthquakes like this,

They have flatter feet, collapsed arches ... We think they're just more uncomfortable all the time. There are all these programs to help them lose weight, but it's the everyday life activities these kids are struggling with.