51.   Morales said LeBaron was being held in a prison in the Quintana Roo capital of Chetumal pending an extradition hearing before the judge who issued the arrest warrant.

52.   Morales said neither the national nor the state Democratic party is dictating to him how to run his campaign, although party officials are offering friendly advice.

53.   Morales said overseeing how the tobacco settlement is spent is one reason he is seeking the office.

54.   Morales said since he launched his bid for the Senate, he has missed about half the meetings he was supposed to attend as a Crandall city councilman.

55.   Morales said that fame frightened him in many ways.

56.   Morales said that in the push poll that Rove helped draft, his positions on an array of issues, including gun control and affirmative action, were mischaracterized.

57.   Morales said the bank expects to refine its gold over the course of the next year.

58.   Morales says that he hears that all the time and that his supporters often urge him to run for president.

59.   Morales says the poll distorted his positions.

60.   Morales also said race should be considered, but only minimally and in conjunction with other factors.