The debate over the next nominee will do far more to form the battle lines for the '06 midterm elections than anything involving the Congressional leadership.

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There is not anyone running for mayor who is not a close personal friend of mine.

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We're going to cooperate with them every step of the way. This is a usual step in inquiries of this nature, I can't get into that right now.

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Would that make Howard Dean Jar Jar Binks?

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I told everybody up front that I am not going to get public in this campaign.

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We'd be missing a great opportunity if we didn't tap him for added duties.

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He was asked the question (about HCA stock) frequently, ... The main point was, 'I put it into a blind trust and therefore I've ceded responsibility to the trustee.' ... He was trying to explain to people what exactly happened when he put his assets into blind trusts. Once you put them into the trust, he didn't have any information as to the day-to-day disposition of those assets.

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As with the SEC, the majority leader will provide the U.S. attorney's office with any information that it needs with respect to this matter.

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His only objective in selling the stock was to eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest.

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