They talk the talk but they sure don't walk the walk. While blatant export subsidies were disciplined, so-called non-distorting domestic support proliferated and became very disruptive. Farmers who get their income primarily from the marketplace have suffered and their situation will not improve without major changes.

It's going to be very difficult to find things that we could do to them that are not going to hurt us.

The key is to have a vision.

Retaliation is a mug's game.

It means that anything that upsets refineries, whether it's a hurricane or a refinery accident, causes shortages of gasoline.

It is still a huge problem. It is not as bad as it used to be, but we are still finding a lot of line on the mangrove islands.

There is a greater emphasis on advertising and a greater interest in media events over which the candidates have the most control of the message.