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"It's a mess."

Eric M. Thorson, inspector general of the United States Treasury Department, on the lack of coordinated oversight of Congress's $700 billion bailout package

"Well, I've been sleeping like a baby. I sleep two hours, wake up and cry. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry."

Senator and former GOP presidential candidate John McCain, responding to comedian Jay Leno's question of how he's handling his loss to Barack Obama in the presidential election

"I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere -- show me where the open door is. And if there is an open door in [20]12 or four years later -- then I'll plow through that door."

Former GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, responding to speculation that she's already positioning herself for a presidential bid ...