Bill Bennett: “I say to my friend that we did indeed work with our House counterparts in crafting the final 2006 appropriation, but…”

I think it's bad policy to do that. I also think it's going to be very bad politics, because of the opposition.

I thought it was, if not a racist comment, a way out-of-touch comment.

I think he runs the choice of either being ineffectual if he doesn't get it or imperious, if he does. I don't think this is going to go down well.

You're looking at a government that people distrust.