Luckily, I'm a governor -- so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

If the governor were serious about ridding his administration of partisan patronage, he never would have pardoned them in the first place and would have cooperated with the Attorney Generals investigation,

Apparently, Governor Schwarzenegger has ripped a page from President Bush's re-election playbook, ... Rule number one in the 'Bush-Rove Guide to Running on a Record of Failure' is to demonize groups of people and use them to divide the electorate by rallying the extremists in your base. It's the only way to explain Governor Schwarzenegger's promise to veto the California marriage equality bill after pledging just last year to support equal rights and responsibilities for California's LGBT families if approved by the courts or the legislature.

Rendell is not just another governor. He's already been a national figure. He has been (Democratic National Committee) chairman, and he knows the movers and shakers and donors in all 50 states.

We have to say what we believe, ... whether it's popular or not.

Our route would be determined by the gems along the route. Luckily, most of our gems already are along the major routes.