Ms. Pirro's limited record and her positions on the issues will prevent her from motivating Republican and Conservative voters.

I'm getting outstanding feedback from Conservative Party chairs. I met only one who supports Pirro, ... She (Pirro) can't win against Clinton without Conservative Party support.

We'll support whoever the Republican nominee is, but we expect to be that nominee,

That is a looming disaster for our party to have a candidate who only gets the support of the Republican Party.

In choosing a president, we really don't choose a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or liberal. We choose a leader, ... And in times of danger, as we are now in, Americans should put leadership at the core of their decision. George W. Bush sees world terrorism for the evil that it is, and he will remain consistent to the purpose of defeating it while working to make us ever safer at home.

We wouldn't have called him a conservative as far as being a Texas Republican.