This appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults — a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public. No individual, whether a private citizen, a candidate for public office or a public official, should be questioned about his or her private sexual life.

Lin Wood, an attorney for Herman Cain, after Ginger White said she and Cain have had a 13-year affair

All he had to do was make a respectable showing and he would have been anointed. All he had to do was walk and talk and chew gum and he would have won it. This race was Perry’s to lose.

Conservative columnist John Podho­retz in Vanity Fair on how Rick Perry's gaffes changed the presidential contest

It’s indicative of a mind-set that’s becoming real prevalent, not only in this town, but this state, the whole country. People don’t like to be told what to do.

Rob Rea, a bar owner in Gun Barrel City, where a dispute over late-night drinking, as The New York Times reports, has incited an intense political battle

These federal disclosure reports are much more valuable (than the state reports) in evaluating the assets of politicians. This guy's rich.

Andrew Wheat, with Texans for  Public Justice, on financial disclosure statements showing Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is worth up to $225 million, to the Austin American-Statesman