To put that offer on the table for the next three months, it's clear to me that they're willing to steer the price lower, ... They really don't want every U.S. consumer to park their SUV and buy gasoline-electric hybrids -- they don't want to trigger that kind of consumer response.

Just to make it clear, I only spoke once and then I spoke again three months later.

We've got some heavy lifting over the next three months,

We anticipate a rash of relationship announcements over the next three months.

Let's be clear -- for the next couple of months the employment numbers are going to look terrible. There's going to be a lot of noise and problems gathering the data, so it's going to be tougher than usual to sift through the tea leaves and really get at the heart of what's going on here.

I think it's likely that within three to six months we could have all the key elements pulled together in the form of a term sheet, which would be the key financial elements.