He told us there were three N's of obesity. Nintendo. Netscape. And Nickelodeon.

It's not appropriate for City Hall to be used for private business. It seems the better part of valor would be to have Southern California Edison reimburse the city for the expense or for her to use another facility.

It's much more important to raise money to defeat (Prop. 77) than it is to raise money for their own re-election.

This isn't campaign money it's government access money, and that's what we should call it. If you have strong convictions, you're not going to give to both sides.

You have to work harder at it. But you don't have to work as hard as if you were a U.S. Senate candidate or a congressional candidate.

The governor doesn't necessarily meet the hoi polloi of California when he goes to these events,

When donors have wealthy relatives, that enhances the value of the donation. A candidate loves to know wealthy people who have big families.

There have been wealthy candidates before in California, but this is the first time we've seen wealth-on-wealth. The most obvious impact for voters is that they are going to see lots and lots of television ads.

I think Harman should be commended for raising so much in the district.

It always raises questions when someone goes from one side to the other. One of the questions that comes up is, where is his loyalty?