As they see it.

"As legislators, as policymakers, I truly believe we share a similar desire to find common ground among us for the uncommon challenges before us."

--Colorado Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman (R) on opening day of the session, in The Denver Post.

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"We can be the Silicon Valley of Internet gaming. It's the wave of the future. It's going to come, and we can be in the lead on it."

--New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak (D) to the Associated Press after the U.S. Justice Department announced such games legal.

"When a legislator is under recall and looking down the barrel of a recall election, they're going to be more sensitive."

--Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) to the Associated Press, about recent recall in his state, including one targeting himself.

"Two hundred and fifty million dollars buys you a lot of teachers. Half a billion dollars buys you even more teachers."

--California Senator Lou Correa (D) who sponsored a bill to legalize online poker to bring in state revenue, in the New York Times.

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