"'If it would occur, I would have to think about it,' Hagel said. 'I think anybody, anybody would have to consider it. Doesn't mean you'd do it, doesn't mean you'd accept it, could be too many gaps there, but you'd have to consider it, I mean, it's the only thing you could do. Why wouldn't you?'" (AP)

"Now--number one, I, I am not interested in being vice president. I've let the candidate know. If the candidate asks me to be vice president, the answer is I got to say yes. But he's not going to ask me." - Joe Biden on Meet the Press

"I'm not seeking the vice presidency. I've not talked to Barack about it. I don't expect to be asked. And I have no interest." - Tom Daschle on Fox News Sunday

"If he asks me, we'll have a private conversation and we'll decide whether or not we ought to tell you what we said. I appreciate the question. I think it's very important, and I think the senator agrees with me, it's a very important choice for both parties. Both men are going to look at it very, very carefully. They have a deep bench, both sides of the aisle." - Tom Ridge on Fox News Sunday

"Well, I'm focused on my day job, as I mentioned to you before on this show, or your parallel show, during the week, that this is not something that I have designs on. I'm very happy with being governor of the state of Minnesota." - Tim Pawlenty on Late Edition

"Well, first, anyone would be honored to serve John McCain and I would as well, but he will have a long list of highly qualified people to choose from. I am out advocating for John McCain because I think he is the best person for the job and I truly believe that if we are striving for a gender-blind, color-blind society, which I think is the highest level of democracy that we can achieve, then we should put the best person in the job." - Carly Fiorina on Face the Nation

"'As I'm sure many of you know, there are plenty of emails floating around the Internet targeting Jewish voters and saying that Senator Obama is secretly a Muslim, and a radical one at that. Let's call those rumors what they are -- lies.'" - Michael Bloomberg (Washington Post)

Mike Huckabee leads in two unscientific surveys: Facebook and the Arizona Star.