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I have to tell you, I'll be right up front about it: I'm the governor of the state of Connecticut, and I can't write anything well.

I went to the school of hard knocks.

I concentrated on a lot of things, so very few people saw me as an education governor, an infrastructure governor.

I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.

As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

I'm governor of New York.

I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.

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.