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I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

I'm going to continue to talk about what is important to the people of Connecticut which is jobs, getting people back to work, the economy.

You know, the state of Connecticut is... sometimes it's a provincial state. And I've been working very hard to get the endorsement of the people within our state, and ultimately, the ultimate endorsement is from the voters in the state of Connecticut.

I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for.

I'm governor of New York.

Connecticut would not be Connecticut if we cut $3.5 billion out of the budget. We are a strong, generous, hopeful people. We'd be taking $800 million out of education. You can't do that in this state.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

My job as governor is different from the legislators. They represent their districts. I have to represent all 6.6 million Tennesseans and come to the best decisions I can.

My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.