This, in a political sense and an economic sense, could have profound impact on virtually all governments in Wisconsin. It could be one of the most significant things the Legislature has done in years. It's a good election year issue, frankly.

At the time those decisions were being made here in Wisconsin, they made absolute economic sense.

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

Psychologically, in the long term, this could have a very profound impact in the sense that Israelis are grieving for an Arab monarch or identifying with an Arab nation, something that's never happened before. I think, however, in the short term, if we judge it in political terms, it's not going to have much of an effect.

I don't think in retrospect that it had much of a political impact one way or the other,

It is true that our two governments have economic and political disagreements, but the coordination and work done together have helped overcome the differences.