Chisum, Rush, Shackelford, Stein, Masset, Parker, Minton, and Yezak Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, talking to the Houston Chronicle about the success of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage: "That's where the victory was won, from the pulpits of the state of Texas." Rev. Ryan Rush, senior pastor of Bannockburn Baptist Church in Austin, talking to the Associated Press after that vote: "If that becomes a trend, the evangelical community becomes the largest political voice not only in the state of Texas, but America. I think that's a positive thing because evangelical Christians stand for what's right." Kelly Shackelford of the Free Market Foundation, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on the push to for a national version: "This is a pretty strong message to Congress and the Senate before they vote on a marriage-protection amendment. Most politicians are not going to want to stand up for the duty of standing in front of a steamroller." Rice University political scientist Bob Stein, talking to the Houston Chronicle about evangelicals and the marriage vote: "What Perry did with the evangelicals was an organizational effort. Liberals tend to view those people as rabid dogs. They're not. They're sophisticated. They're organized. Church is just another organization." Republican political consultant Royal Masset, quoted in the Austin American-Statesman on the vitriol in some political handouts on proposition 2, the gay marriage amendment: "When candidates are running against each other, about 50 percent of the time they come to believe that their opponents are evil, lying crooks. But we consultants force them to smile and be positive. With proposition campaigns, you have no consultants who can control this display of bitterness." Houston Mayor Bill White, telling the Houston Chronicle he won't run for governor in 2006: "The honorable thing to do is to do the job you've been hired for. Being mayor of this city is a full-time job. We have big plans for the next two years." Frank Parker of Big Spring, a Democrat and labor official, telling the Midland Reporter-Telegram that people in politics have been swapping corporate for non-corporate contributions for years, but that Tom DeLay appears to have done it with bigger amounts of money: "That's why nobody stays in power for too long. Power corrupts, but it also makes you stupid." Austin attorney Roy Minton, in that same story, on Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle: "He is a loyal liberal Democrat like me, but he doesn't think like most lawyers. He thinks more like a social studies professor." Pat Yezak, elected to the Bremond school board after helping uncover problems that led to three indictments, telling The Dallas Morning News that supporters were quiet in that split community: "One little lady told us, 'I'm going to vote for you, but don't come to my house.'"