“Many, many Republicans and Americans yearn for a new kind of leadership, ... John McCain is unique in his ability to offer conservative, independent experienced leadership. That's why we believe he must seriously consider running for president in 2000.”
“The problem the administration has is that the predicates it laid down for the war have not played out. That could spell political trouble for the president, there's no question.”
“It's my view that he is running for the reform party nomination for one reason and one reason alone: money -- a great deal of federal matching money which he would get.”
“He was somewhat of an enigma to many people. I'm not so sure he didn't get along, he just didn't mix a lot with people. He didn't seem to have a lot of friends.”
“I've never figured that one out, ... Anyone who ever listened to his testimony would know that he was a judge in the model of [John Marshall] Harlan or [Felix] Frankfurter. He certainly wasn't in the mold of a real conservative.”
“We are looking at all the accounting issues we have looked at all along, and at this point, we don't have any conclusions. We are still hoping to wrap up the investigation by the end of December, and if we don't make it we'll do it in January.”
“While we have put forth the best estimates so far on emergency responder needs, the nation must urgently develop a better framework and procedures to generate guidelines on national preparedness,”
“[While the current Los Alamos security break likely did not involve espionage,] in some ways it's worse, ... Espionage is very hard to guard against. You win some and lose some. Here you've got a situation where there just sloppy accountability and record keeping.”
