Hupp, Benedict, Bonner, and Flatt

Former Rep. Suzanna Hupp, telling the Austin American-Statesman why she's urging Libertarians to get out of competitive House races: "The fact is, we've got redistricting coming up in a few years, and if the Republicans lose the House of Representatives because there are a handful of people mad at them and vote for the Libertarians instead, then we could be in big trouble at the federal level."

Wes Benedict, the Texas Libertarian Party's executive director, from a press release that revealed the GOP effort: "We're telling our candidates to stand firm... It's no skin off my nose if Republicans lose."

T.J. Bonner with the union for Border Patrol agents, quoted by the Associated Press on how agents are assigned: "In many cases, they’re very political. Congress giveth and taketh away, so you can’t just thumb your nose at Congress and say, 'We’re going to make these decisions based only on our enforcement needs.’

Mexia printer Dickie Flatt, in a letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, vouching for an old pal: "It didn't take long to discover that if Phil Gramm tells you a chicken dips snuff, you can look under its wing and find a can."