He'll want a president who won't tax the Internet or regulate it, and who will open global markets. Those are the three things he cares a lot about -- a government that's hands-off business.

He's in trouble. He needs to shore up his base now.

People in the most vulnerable areas clearly anticipated their cars, like their homes, would be at risk, ... It's suggestive of people taking their cars, not because they had a lot of people to protect, but because they were taking their second-most valuable possession.

You want to position your city and yourself as someone who can solve problems, ... Politically, he had no choice. If you see a benefit, you go for broke. He has to make certain it goes well.

He's just a very practical, pragmatic business person.

I don't see how the city or county could have said no, ... Anything looking like we were going to resist would have been the wrong reaction and politically costly.

Any time you have a hazard on the roadway and motorist coming up to the hazard, it can cause problems.

He is fighting against something that is very hard to fight against, which is the tide of public opinion. It is possible, come December, he could be in a tight race.