9 Quotes by Erik Smith

We're staying flexible and just make decisions as events unfold.

He's getting a sense of the landscape now. There is no one out there who could defeat him for minority leader. The question is what he will choose to do.

I think porn is horrible. I think it ruins our society. Guys look at girls as objects.

I think it would be a mistake to underestimate him.

we had a problem with people posting offensive pictures.

We're not looking to go high-end luxury. It would be below where 11 East or the Carling would go.

It's unusual to be successful at it that early in a career, ... A lot of people have (leadership PACs). A lot of them sit and don't do anything.

That means he's going places to help people. You don't use them to take the family to Miami Beach for the weekend. You use them to do events for people that otherwise wouldn't be possible. Flying commercially to places like Helena or Grand Forks would take the better part of a day.

I'm very confident about Dick Gephardt's organization in Iowa. Dean's going to need all this help. This moves things into a situation where it's a jump ball, it's an organizational war, and both parties are going to come to the table very well armed. But look, AFSCME has 13,000 members in Iowa. SEIU has 1,200. We've got 50,000 union members in Iowa. Organizationally, we're still in great shape.