The governor is a prodigious fund-raiser, and he will continue to raise the funds he needs to support the candidates and advance the ideas that are important to the future of the Republican Party.

Gov. Pataki is recovering in his room and he is awake, alert and resting comfortably.

He's actually pretty comfortable. He's walking around.

At New York Presbyterian, there's a greater depth of resources for the condition.

We have requested that the U.S Attorney for the Southern District investigate how these private conversations were recorded and disseminated, and who was responsible.

At 5:45 in the morning, most of us are asleep anyway, so there really wasn't a whole lot to do and there wasn't anything that was required.

The governor is committed to more jobs and more opportunity for New Yorkers. That was the purpose of the trade mission when we announced it nine months ago. It's the purpose today.

He's essentially in the same condition that he has been in for the past few days. It's obviously a situation that needs to be corrected.

Doctors have indicated that the surgery was performed as expected without incident.