* “I wish there had been one more gun there that day, in the hands of a responsible person, and that’s all I have to say.”–Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz, in response to a question asking if the Tucson shootings indicated a need to tighten gun-control laws or revisit the one that formerly banned high-capacity magazines.
* “The gun lobby has a stranglehold on Tallahassee.”–Fla. Rep. Ari Porth, D-Fort Lauderdale.
* “No one wants to be the guy who sold that guy the Glock.”–Scott Patrick, owner, Shoot Straight gun shop in Tampa.
* “He was easy to love but hard to know.”–Ron Reagan Jr. on his father.
* “Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been sentenced to three years in prison. One year for money laundering and two more for his performance on ‘Dancing with the Stars.'”–Jay Leno.
* “It’s like living next door to ‘The Simpsons.’ You know, the dysfunctional family down the block.”–Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels in speaking of neighboring state Illinois, which just increased state corporate and personal income taxes.
* “It’s such a no-brainer it’s amazing we’re even considering not doing it.”–Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, on the possibility that Florida would reject $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail funds.
* “I think rail, or in this case, high-speed rail, is something that people would like to have. I would make the argument … it’s something that we cannot afford at this point using state dollars. If the private sector chooses to make up that last 10 percent, great.”–Florida Senate president Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island.
* “We believe there should be a goal for every interview, every interaction with the press. We don’t do interviews for the sake of doing interviews.”– Brian Burgess, communications director for Gov. Rick Scott.
* “Gov. Scott ran on a platform of accountability. But you can’t have accountability without access.”–Barbara Petersen, president, First Amendment Foundation.
* “Arizona is a border state. I don’t think we ought to cut and paste the Arizona law for Florida.”–Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam addressing the issue of an Arizona-style anti-immigration law for Florida.
* “Tampa’s airport will be first in line because of the market it can support.”–U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor on TIA implications of new Obama Administration policy further easing travel restrictions to Cuba.
* “Unthinkable.”–Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio’s characterization of Obama Administration policy further easing travel restrictions to Cuba.
* “Superb setting, a state-of-the-art building.”–Princess Cristina of Spain, the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia, describing St. Petersburg’s new Dali Museum.