Schwarzenegger, Craymer, White, Perry, Adams, and Angle

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, on ABC's This Week, on a proposal to merge the party primaries in his state: "And remember one thing: It's always great when the Democratic Party and the Republican Party is against something, because that means it's good for the people. That is the bottom line."

Dale Craymer, chief economist for the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, talking about Texas' share of federal stimulus money, in the Austin American-Statesman: "We no longer have a hole. We have a mound of dirt, and we're trying to figure out how to spread it around."

Houston Mayor Bill White, quoted in the Houston Chronicle on a quickly dropped proposal to help first-time homebuyers with marginal credit ratings by using public funds to pay off up to $3,000 of their personal debts: "I didn't know it involved a grant, and I thought it was a grant to the bank. But, I'm not absolving myself of the responsibility."

Gov. Rick Perry, in The Dallas Morning News: "People living in Texas are a heck of a lot better off than the vast majority of the other ones. My instinct is they'd whole lot rather have a good-paying job than they would unemployment insurance."

Texas Eagle Forum President Cathie Adams, telling the Houston Chronicle what she thinks about the job growth projected if casinos are legalized: "Why in the world would we want our children to grow up to be card dealers and waitresses?"

Democratic political consultant Matt Angle, talking about House Speaker Joe Straus with the Associated Press: "He had a shorter honeymoon than Britney Spears."