Rick Lazio: “we are going to spend over half of the additional spending in this budget deal on low-income housing. In addition, we…”

Do I think he might - maybe should think a little bit longer-term, about the perception, of the party, of tolerating unethical, probably illegal behavior? Absolutely.

This institution could obviously become transparent overnight.

I'm kind of sick of people, politicians in the aftermath of some type of public relations blowout just saying, I'm sorry and I'm responsible, but there's no follow-up, there's no tangible evidence of accountability.

It's great to be a tough talker. It's great to have an altitude, but can you be elected. If you can't bring minorities along, if you can't get the Hispanic vote up, we know there is a demographic shift going on.