Quotes du jour

"It's sort of a chicken-and-egg scenario: You have to have jobs for the people
to come back, and you have to have people for the jobs to come back."

-- Gov. Kathleen Blanco, on the rebuilding of hurricane-torn areas in south Louisiana

"It's good to be here at 10:35 in the morning and not at 10:35 at night."

-- Dan Borne, Louisiana Chemical Association, before the House Ways and Means Committee.