Republicans said the result was misleading because a number of lawmakers were absent.
Rather, he said, it is simply because a number of suitors have come forward.
"There has been anger and resentment because a number of banks failed.
Florida has a particular problem, because a number of wild species are in trouble.
That's a problem because a number of us, certainly myself, got here because we were funded on, essentially, [government] grants.
"In 2001 supply has caught up with demand because a number of buildings under construction have been completed.
There was no move to recall any particular food item because a number of ingredients were used in the dinner.
That is in part because a number of polls have omitted his name from the list of candidates, they said.
One law firm that recently collapsed, Heller Ehrman, was hurt in part because a number of cases had settled.
Some officials said the toll could still rise because a number of surviving children were seriously burned.
Many seats were empty because a number of veterans left Orlando ahead of the advancing tropical storm, Fay.
