Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

Well, the sugar guys have been dealing with NAFTA ever since it passed. Now we've got Mexico dumping sugar that's subsidized by the Mexican government into our market in violation of the World Trade Organization, because NAFTA gave them open access to our sugar market. They claim they're not subsidized, but the government owns half the industry in Mexico.

It appears to me that no one has learned a thing; that Wall Street is still operating as if 2008 never happened.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like they've been unleashed.

What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted party line, a lot more than usual.