* “There’s a saying that seems applicable here: ‘Work like you don’t need money; love like you’ve never been hurt; dance like no one’s watching.’ Note to Obama: Lead like there’s no tomorrow. No midterm election, no presidential re-election, no party base.”–Kathleen Parker, Washington Post.
* “Except in God-given and constitutional rights, we are not equal. We are all unequal. The utopian promise of equality is but the banner of every power-hungry politician in modern history. And the rise of the egalitarian society means the death of the free society.”–Patrick Buchanan, Creators Syndicate.
* “Realistically, Republicans aren’t going to have the power to enact their true agenda any time soon–if ever. The clear and present danger isn’t that the GOP will be able to achieve its long-run goals; it is that Republicans will gain just enough power to make the country ungovernable, unable to address its fiscal problems or anything else in a serious way. Banana republic here we come.”–Paul Krugman, New York Times.
* “Other people should know that now is a heckuva good time to start a transit system. With historically low interest rates and construction prices still relatively depressed, you will get more for your dollar.”–Anthony Fox, mayor of Charlotte, N.C., which debuted light rail in 2007.* “Our margin for error is considerably smaller than the Yankees and Red Sox. Their resources are far, far greater than ours. But each market has its own challenges. We have to recognize what they are, operate within them, and I think we’ve done a good job at that. The difficulty is sustaining it for a 10-year period because of the disparity.”–Andrew Friedman, Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president for baseball operations.