Miller, Nader, Clinton, Richards, Farenthold, and DoddLobbyist Bill Miller, an ally of House Speaker Tom Craddick, on the speaker's chances of another term, quoted in the Houston Chronicle: "It's 50-50, roughly. I think it's going to be in play right through the fall election."

Ralph Nader, on NBC's Meet the Press, on resistance to his latest bid for president: "The two parties do not own the voters in this country. Who the hell do they think they are turning independent challengers into second-class citizens? That's political bigotry."

Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Texas Monthly, on general election prospects here: "I'd love to carry Texas, but it's usually not in the electoral calculation for the Democratic nominee."

Dan and Clark Richards, sons of former Gov. Ann Richards, telling the Associated Press what they think of a Hillary Clinton campaign video — approved by one of their two sisters — claiming the support of the late governor: "As her children, we never presumed to know her mind when alive and we are not prepared to make a claim as to who she would endorse or what she would do if she were still with us."

Former Rep. Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, telling The New York Times she'll ignore the state's tradition of trailblazing women, like her, by voting for Obama over Clinton: "I'm not going to set aside everything because a woman is running. There's a tradition of having pets, too."

Collin County Democratic Chairman Dan Dodd, talking about voter turnout in The Dallas Morning News: "The cloak of Democrats hiding in the closet in Collin County, that's been lifted. Democrats are coming out of the woodwork."