Trent Lott: “I'm a loyal supporter of this Administration, and I'm a long-time friend of yours, but this is not pretty.”

First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.

I think that many aspects to what the Obama administration and the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is doing and the race for the top that have some positive features.

When you're dealing with 100 United States senators, let alone 435 House members, you're not going to get it all the way you want it. The president's going to have to give some, the president is going to have to show leadership.