Perry, Flores, Watkins, Ysursa, and Lingle

Gov. Rick Perry, asked by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram how serious he is about another term: "I'm set to go. The good Lord may call my number tomorrow and then ya'll will have to write that He fouled up Perry's plan."

Rep. Kino Flores, D-Mission, quoted in the Rio Grande Guardian talking to a business group about the next speaker of the House: "The next eight years will be a Republican guy, regardless if it is Craddick or anybody else. And in order for them to be elected they need eight to 12 Democrats. They need eight to 12. So, what’s wrong with saying 'I'll be one of those but you've got to help fund our medical school?' I'll leave you all with that thought. Adios."

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, quoted by The Dallas Morning News on the death penalty: "As a district attorney, I'm here to uphold the law and protect the society I have been elected to represent. So the question I have for myself is: 'If I don't pursue these crimes that are so heinous with ultimate punishment, am I living up to my ultimate responsibility?' But my other side of me is not only to protect society but to make society better. If I do the death penalty, am I doing that?"

Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, quoted by the Associated Press after Keith Russell Judd, serving time in a federal penitentiary in Beaumont, managed to become a presidential candidate there: "We may rethink how we get on our presidential ballot next time."

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, telling the Fort Worth Star-Telegram why she doesn't want to considered as a vice presidential candidate: "I live in Hawaii."