The governor lacked a strategy, blew his honeymoon and had a series of major blunders that came back to haunt him for a special election that never should have been called.

I told him that if he ran (for governor) his bipartisan honeymoon as mayor would come to an end and partisanship would dominate quickly.

He said if the legislature doesn't do certain things, he's going to take the issues to a referendum, ... Then he has to follow through.

I think the governor's going to be in a difficult position, because during the campaign his positions were ambiguous on the issue.

When you look at the gyrations in his policies, it appears he's plagued by an absence of core values. He comes across as a caricature, where energy and enthusiasm are confused with core values.

an intelligent man who can be an effective communicator. Instead of using his intelligence, they do all these contrived events, with people asking contrived questions.