We're staring down the barrel of a loaded gun and that gun is ready to fire.

[Another interesting market-timing indicator is found in a recent research paper entitled] Congress and the Stock Market ... an astonishing 90% of all the gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurred while Congress was not in session. Dow Jones gains during Congressional sessions have been rare, they typically occurred when Congress had a high approval rat.

This defense is not used often, ... I think it's a defense that's disavowed. ... Essentially, (the defense attorneys) have to convince a jury that they have the better case than we do.

The economy is dynamic. It's the balance - whether you have more things going up than going down determines whether you're prospering.

This entire family is going to suffer. There's a one year old girl that will never really know her mother, or her aunt. They've got to live with that for the rest of their lives. So why should that person be put to death, and his worries will be over. Let him sit there and suffer in prison.