The chairman said they wanted a national policy. It's all about competition and they aren't going to stop cities, either.

If you look at the empirical findings, the biggest competition is not between states. It's between cities within states that are close to each other. That's where you'll find most of the action going on, and actually, it's worse, because it's likely to have the most negative impact on the public purse where the competition is so local.

International competition is now increasingly based on cities, in clusters instead of individually.

The legal sector of commerce is very vibrant. The competition is what you will find in most major cities.

That vote was like a rookie baseball player being called up in a losing game and hitting a triple. It doesn't affect the game but the manager's going to remember it.

I think the chances of the whole bill passing are at least even and maybe a little better than even. The AT&T lobbyists went home smiling last night.