Rove, Haggerty, Villarreal, and Cornyn

Karl Rove, talking to reporters on Air Force One about what he'll do next, quoted by The New York Times: "I'd like to teach eventually, but in the meantime I need to make some money. I have an employment record that I think would be attractive to any employer: I've worked in an industrial kitchen in a hospital; I've waited tables; I've worked in convenience stores and have been robbed at the point of a gun twice; I've pumped gas; I've babysat; I've cut lawns; I've delivered newspapers."

Rep. Pat Haggerty, R-El Paso, quoted in the El Paso Times the Speaker refusing to allow a challenge to his leadership position earlier this year: "God died and left Tom Craddick with absolute power."

Houston businessman Massey Villarreal, quoted in the Houston Chronicle: "I've been trying to put my finger in the dam of Hispanics leaving the Republican Party and I can't anymore. I've run out of fingers."

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talking to the Austin American-Statesman about Alberto Gonzales, who's appointment Cornyn supported: "He's a good person, but I look at his jobs he's held, and I wonder what has prepared him for being the head of the Department of Justice and 110,000 employees in a highly partisan and difficult political environment."