The governor does not stand to gain from this matter being delayed. I've met with governors who are hostile and defensive and demagogic. He was none of that.

My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead.

It sucks. I used to be governor of New York.

That's not the case, and everyone knows that. This governor has had good relations with Mexican governors. He hopes to meet with President (Vicente) Fox himself at some point in the future when their schedules are convenient. But there's nothing to mend here.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.