Throughout his first term, the governor has won key victories for working people.
Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant.
No, not really. Even with this ambitious schedule, there is plenty of time to do other things. We just want to do it early and often and around the state.
I have a handful of active lobbying clients, but my business is not lobbying. My business is public affairs and public relations. That's the vast majority of what I spend my time on.
Patti has a business and two small children, and he's the governor of the state. And like millions of other people, they are busy.
We hope everybody is aware that the Republican National Committee considers the governor a target. This is a party that is opposed to programs that help working families and has been hostile to programs the governor has promoted to help working families in Illinois.
We've kept it low-key. The governor said all along the real race is in the fall.
We're really not going to get into a back and forth about it. The governor respects him, likes him and likes working with him and will continue to do so.
We haven't been able to get details beyond that.
The governor is eager for the real debate in this campaign to begin.
The governor doesn't look at me and see a lobbyist coming through the door.
Even small pieces of campaign finance reform are difficult. There's a lot of different interests in Springfield, and there's not a huge appetite from any corner for real campaign finance reform. We certainly saw that when the bill was introduced last session.
This campaign has always raised funds appropriately, done everything by the book and followed the letter of the law.
It was a very real event in which he had something he knew he wanted to say.
It's meant to be sincere. It's meant to speak to real people in real language and talk about things that matter.
Gov. Blagojevich is working to improve health care and education and to pass a jobs bill and assault weapons ban. Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant.
