“He's got to show these right wingers that he's got a backbone, you know. It's why the Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show 'em that you're tough.”
“They seem to be getting it together. How much damage will the picture of people spending four or five days on rooftops do? That depends on how well it goes from here on out.”
“We learned from that one, ... When something like this happens, you got to get out in front of it. When we had our first disaster, the floods in Iowa in 1993, Clinton was right there, [saying] 'I feel your pain.' ”