The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.
I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to change peoples' lives for the better. People live in cities, not states or nations. As a mayor, you are connected directly to citizens.
I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of difference between him and his immediate predecessor.
I have 15 years of executive experience as a big-city mayor and as a governor.
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office.
Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward.
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.