There are no so-called earmarks, where members come in and ask you for something, ... That was our position, and the members understood that.

No. No. No. You guys were called that before I was here.

There's no sense competing for existing union members - we have to ask the question, why has union membership dropped to seven million from 11 million in this country.

I like the position we're in. I think we're ready for an election. I think we've got the members, the money and candidates and the support we need to have an election at any time.

I put up great numbers, better than a lot of players who got called up around the majors. A lot of them were on contending teams, ... Tampa's going nowhere this year, so they could at least call up the guys who are going to be there in the future.

She has an extremist's position,