11.   Despite several hours of closed-door negotiations on the hate crimes bill Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans failed to forge a compromise to get the issue to a floor debate.

12.   Ellis blamed then-Gov. George W. Bush for killing a similar hate crimes bill in the Senate two years ago on the eve of his presidential race.

13.   Gays want a hate crime bill.

14.   Hate crime bills cannot help us come to terms with our prejudices as a nation.

15.   He also accused the governor of invoking the sentences in the Byrd case to distract attention from his failure to support the Byrd hate crimes bill.

16.   He also was one of five Republicans who voted for a hate crimes bill.

17.   He backs a federal hate crimes bill and promises that the first civil rights act of his administration will be to ban racial profiling.

18.   He probably voted against the hate crime bill.

19.   He opposed a hate crimes bill that would include gays, he opposes same-sex marriage and supported a bill banning adoptions by gays.

20.   His lack of support for a hate crimes bill in Texas clearly hurt him with minorities.