[Andersen] is a soft touch now because one employee in Houston exercised incredibly bad judgment. |
But the administration has to worry that if the donors are too close to them, it will look like they're currying favor with the administration or doing their bidding, |
But the administration has to worry that if the donors are too close to them, it will look like they're currying favor with the administration or doing their bidding. |
Careers usually end when the indictment is brought, whether [the accused] are cleared or not. Very few survive an election, once an indictment has been brought. |
Democrats were in power for 40 years. It's taken the Republicans only 10 years to get as corrupt. |
He's going to face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses if he gets charged and decides to defend himself. It's hard to focus on that and focus on re-election. |
I think it's more personal than political. Some people are more liberal about money. |
I think it's mostly cosmetic and driven by the politics ... I don't know of any ethical standard that applies to the SEC that would require it, |
I think it's mostly cosmetic and driven by the politics ... I don't know of any ethical standard that applies to the SEC that would require it. |
I'm not going to get into responding to these things. |
The principal thing is to get [the indictment] behind us as quickly as we can. |
These are staggering numbers, even by Washington standards. |
These are staggering numbers, even by Washington standards. The big firms do very, very well, but they don't come close to these kinds of numbers. |
They've penetrated his inner sanctum with a guy who says he was doing things in his office. This case is just beginning. |
We are still a going concern. And we'd rather be a going concern. |