All I know is the people in charge of the petition drive all have smiles on their faces.

This is a good two-minute piece of why this guy got into the running in a funny way.

I don't think there's any other explanation other than there's a large group of people out there getting behind the independent candidates.

I don't think Kinky weighs the risk about who he may or may not offend.

I don't think that Kinky is a rich man, but he does OK.

So far, in the two months I've been down there, the response has been overwhelming. Things couldn't be better than they are, as far as I'm concerned.

It's a legal activity, and he likes doing it. Too bad some of that money doesn't come into Texas and he has to go to Vegas or New Orleans to do it.

Anything over 45 percent (turnout), and Kinky will be your governor.

As the Baby Boomers get older, they're going where it's warmer. It's not a matter of if (Minnesota loses a seat in Congress), it's a matter of when. It would be nice to dodge the bullet one more time, but eventually we're going to lose a seat in Congress.

Whatever we're going to do, we're going to make it fun. We're going to make it different, and we're going to be as creative as we can be to get our message out.