We've got obviously mixed results. No party goes into 2000 with a clear, comprehensive national victory from these off-year elections.

You really want whoever wins this to have a united party.

Without Your Opponent, You are no Victor.

It was a great victory for the grassroots of the Republican Party. You can have all of the important people, but it's really about the message.

It was the only time our party elected a governor and I'm sure 99 percent of the people in Florida don't know that.

His first priority is to get the base behind him, even if that produces a nominee that is really fought over in the Senate and possibly defeated.