25 Quotes by Michael Franc

What they know is that the actual answers to increase supply or take down demand offer no quick fixes.

There is a sense this year that anything is possible, that they have the rapt attention of the leadership.

The extent to which he used the State of the Union to launch and define the 'ownership society' concept is important because if you take it to its natural extreme, the ownership society would essentially replace the 'Great Society. That's a major shift from where we've been.

One of the assumptions is that it becomes increasingly difficult to get things done in an election year, especially things where tough decisions have to be made.

My guess is this is not a time when anyone is looking at a zero-sum game between one state or another.

I would be surprised if there's not time set aside to tell that story.

If these ideas are given a fair chance in New Orleans and the gulf area, ... their popularity and success will create a momentum for expanding them elsewhere.

He needs to be cognizant of congressional egos and their involvement in decisions going forward. He's got to make up 12-15 points to be effective. He can get there.

What you have here is a unique opportunity where the entire infrastructure of a pretty big region was decimated -- both the social infrastructure and the economic one,