"He is brilliant, he is brave. And he's got a sack full of guts.'' - BJ Clinton discussing either Gen. Wesley Clark as a man or Wesley Clark with chittlins at the Panetta Institute at Cal State U-Monterey Bay.

``I'm sure Al Gore wishes he'd called you into Florida.'' - Leon Panetta to Clinton at the same gathering.

"I don't think she's going to run, but I think she's loving the coverage. She becomes a more powerful endorsement when the Democrats settle on a candidate." - Joseph Mercurio, a political consultant in Manhattan.

"Clark appears imprisoned by obsolete theories of international relations he learned in the 1960s. His taste for multilateralism is elitist, outdated and Euro-centric, ill-matched to the global ferocity of our times." - Ralph Peters writes in the New York Post.

"The more muddled they can keep the field, the better it is for the Clintons. They want the Democratic race to go on as long as possible because they don't want anyone but her to be able to beat George Bush," - GOP pollster Jim McLaughlin

Flashback: "Wes, the secretary of defense asked me to give you some verbatim guidance, so here it is: Get your ... face off the TV." - Gen. Henry Shelton to Clark during Kosovo campaign.

"I didn't go into Mr. Venice Beach contest. I didn't go into the Mr. Seattle contest. I didn't go into those little -- I went for the Mr. Olympia." - Auhnold explaining his strategy for accepting only one primary debate.

"Yeah, but I actually read (his) book," - Tom McClintock when told that Milton Friedman was greatly admired by Schwarzenegger.

"I'm pro-choice." - Wesley Clark when pressed by Aaron Brown on CNN last night to state his opinion on partial birth abortion. The retired general wore a dark blue suit of 80% resume in a subtle waffle weave.

"Thank you so much for not constantly begging for donations. Here's mine." - California Ldotter by email.

-Your LCom Staff