There not real elections, there are elections like the kind they have in Cuba where you know who the winner is going to be before the first vote is taken.

If you're making the choice between Kleenex and Puffs, you can debate which one has more aloe in it. But when you're a no-name brand, it's hard to get people to look at you. Right now, people don't know Gifford Miller's name - and if they know his name, they don't necessarily know what's behind it.

I think he's basically rich so he doesn't think that the rest of that political stuff is necessary.

People say George Pataki came out of nowhere, that he wasn't a household name.

It's a standard strategy: wait until you're two weeks out and then give 'em what you got because that's when they're paying attention. But guess what, folks? They're not.

The days dwindle down, and the contributions reflect that.