* “Homeland security begins with hometown security.”–Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Nepolitano.
* “Republicans may still win control of both Houses of Congress in November, but to win back the White House in 2012, the Electoral College math is against the GOP if it can’t do much better among Hispanics.”–Edward Schumacher-Matos, Washington Post.
* “We’re out of balance–the balance between security and prosperity. We need to be in a race with China, not just al-Qaida. Let’s start with electric cars.”–Thomas Friedman, New York Times.
* “I’ve been on a million panels with academics talking about blurring lines, but that’s not new. The only thing that’s different is mainstream TV news is so degraded, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have more credibility.”–Satirist Andy Borowitz.
* “It may not get as much attention as rail, but they (Charlotte, N.C.) took a very anemic, underfunded bus system, and they turned it into a modern, 21st century bus system. And that’s what we intend to do.”–Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.
* “The Yankees have already paid (Derek) Jeter for his production. What they are paying for now are intangibles. Jeter’s greatest intangible is that he doesn’t get in trouble…This may be the most significant achievement for a superstar athlete who plays in an age of instant omnipresent media. No other superstar athlete in New York has done better.”–William C. Rhoden, New York Times.