She apologized for her comments personally to them, and they were all gracious enough to accept it.

One of the unique things that she brings to the ticket is kind of that female, motherly way of looking at things, which is good. She is serious. She's honest. She's outspoken. She can get the job done. She's very, very experienced and qualified. That resonates well with voters.

You'd don't get appointed head of the State Board of Education as an 'outsider' to the system. He's been at the Republican trough for a very, very long time.

I have not spoken to Michelle. But she has been so gracious to me in comments in interviews. She has been a role model to everyone, including me. It was great that Michelle was given every opportunity to be on the Olympic team.

Personally, I don't think the team was teetering on whether (Williams) apologized or not. Rick just wanted to say something, and the team was able to respect that.

We were thoroughly surprised by his critical comments and we can't accept this kind of conduct.