"The only thing we should be capping is the hot air coming out of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi." — Rep. Lynn Jenkins (in photo), R-Topeka, referring to the cap-and-trade bill

"His proposal was the opening pitch. It was never intended to finish the game." — Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, on the Legislature's cold response to the governor's proposed sales-tax increase

Conan "O'Brien gets 45M buyout — that would cover Kansas' 10 percent Medicaid cut — twice." — Lawrence Journal-World reporter Scott Rothschild, on Twitter

"Is it just me or does Martha Coakley look and talk like Kathleen Sebelius?" — Vicki Holland Tiahrt, wife of Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, on Twitter