“In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.” KnowsYearsFirstsCountryStatesInspirationGirlOpportunityGivenBecomingFemaleAllowingGovernorsUnlimitedVermontMadeleinesYears Of Service Author:Bernie Sanders
“I heard governor Romney here called me an economic lightweight because I wasn't a Wall Street financier like he was. Do you really believe this country wants to elect a Wall Street financier as the president of the United States? Do you think that's the experience that we need? Someone who's going to take and look after as he did his friends on Wall Street and bail them out at the expense of Main Street America.” ThinkingWantNeedsBelieveLooksCountryStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeardEconomicStreetsWallRepublicanExpensesGovernorsRomneyBailMain StreetFinanciersGovernor Romney Author:Rick Santorum
“Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in the Senate with Rick Santorum. The fact is, you had a very bad re-election rating, you dropped out of office, you had been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. You didn't have this interlude of citizenship while you thought about what you do. You were running for president while you were governor.” LittlesStatesFactsRunningLostBitsPresidentRepublicanOfficeLittle BitElectionRanServingSenateGovernorsCitizenshipPreparingRatingPiousBaloney Author:Newt Gingrich
“I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive.” IfsMeanHardStatesDifficultTechnologyExampleTaughtCostPhysicsClassroomGovernorsBroadband Author:George W. Bush
“Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future workforce," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "With common standards and assessments, students, parents, and teachers will have a clear, consistent understanding of the skills necessary for students to succeed after high school and compete with peers across the state line and across the ocean.” ShouldChildrenSaidStatesMightSchoolParentUnderstandingPresidentLinesCommonQualityClearTeacherWiseStudentsSucceedSkillsOceanStandardsHigh SchoolWestDetermineEducationalFormerCodeExcellentConsistentMailBobGovernorsPeersAlliancesVirginiaAssessmentWorkforceZipsSortingWest VirginiaParents And TeachersAfter High SchoolExcellent Education Author:Bob Wise
“Our prayers at this time are prompted by the fact that the Governor of Illinois today is signing into Illinois law the redefinition of civil marriage, introducing not only an unprecedented novelty into our state law, but also institutionalizing an objectively sinful reality.” StatesFactsRealityTodayLawPrayerIntroducingGovernorsOur PrayersNoveltyUnprecedentedSigningIllinois Author:Thomas J. Paprocki
“If you're Chris Christie, who is governor of New Jersey, a state that obviously was impacted by 9/11, this gives you an opportunity to talk about how, as governor, you had to deal with terrorism and security issues.” IfsGivingStatesOpportunityDealsIssuesSecurityTerrorismGovernorsJerseyNew JerseyChristie Author:Amy Walter
“I haven't been in Washington over the last - ever. I'm not part of Washington. I got to serve as governor of a state, a purple state and I was the most successful conservative governor probably, during the time that I was there.” StatesLastsSuccessfulHavensConservativeGovernorsPurple Author:Jeb Bush
“I had been secretary of state for eight years, attorney general for four years, lieutenant governor for four years, and governor for four years - I had all these friends around the country - so I thought I could gin up a campaign not for me but against George W. Bush, against his war, against his economic policies, and against his education policies.” YearsWarCountryStatesFourEconomicPolicyEightCampaignsFour YearsGovernorsSecretaryAttorneyGinEconomic PolicyLieutenants Author:Don Siegelman
“All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship.” StatesChristianSpiritualJusticeJudgingCivilizationWorshipConstitutionAdministrationOfficersGovernorsDefenders Book:On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams Source: On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams
“Minnesota is very important. You're going to have a competitive race for the Senate, a competitive governor's race, you have an open seat in the 6th (Congressional) District, a state legislature that is closely divided, and a state that was very competitive in 2000 and 2004 and is likely to be again in 2008.” ImportantStatesRaceCompetitionSeatsDividedSenateGovernorsLegislatureMinnesotaState Legislatures Author:Ken Mehlman
“It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.” StatesPhilosophyNumbersPrinciplesRecordsRepublicanElectionFellowsConservativeGenderMinoritiesGapsVotersOverwhelmingGovernorsConservationEraseGender Gap Author:Karen Hughes
“Illinois is the only state where the present governor rides around in a car whose license plate was made by a previous governor.” MadeStatesCarGovernorsPlatesLicenseIllinoisLicense Plate Author:David Letterman
“Former governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is promoting her new book and she's going to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Sarah and Oprah. On the one hand, a very powerful woman qualified to be President of the United States, and on the other hand, you have Sarah ... But if you think about it, Sarah Palin and Oprah Winfrey have a lot in common. They both helped get Obama elected.” IfsThinkingBookStatesShowsHandsPresidentUnitedPowerfulCommonUnited StatesFormerGovernorsPromotingQualifiedVery PowerfulAlaskaPalinPowerful WomenNew Books Author:David Letterman
“I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV studio for a debate about his long-time working friendship with the powerful Bush family from Texas and how it might affect the next Bush presidency when The Terminator seizes power in Sacramento and tries to hand over the state's 54 electoral votes by election day in 2004. That is the basic plan behind Schwarzenegger running. He doesn't want to be Governor, he just wants the electoral votes to go to Bush this time.” WayWantTryingLongStatesDreamHandsMightRunningLastsNightNextPowerfulBehindsPlansTvsLong TimeVoteElectionStudiosDebateHorribleTexasGovernorsPresidencyLast NightMikeElection DayTysonSchwarzeneggerSacramento Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator to bring industry to the state. That's the lieutenant governor's job, that's your state senators' and assemblymen's job. That's your secretary of state's job, to make a climate in the state that says, 'Y'all come.'” PeopleWellsStatesJobsAsksIndustryClimateAsk MeGovernorsSecretarySenatorsLieutenants Author:Sharron Angle
“Formerly, leaders of states practiced realism, but did not honor it. With them morality was violated, but moral notions remained intact. The modern governor, owing to the fact that he addresses crowds, is compelled to be a moralist, and to present his acts as bound up with a system of morality.” StatesFactsLeaderMoralModernHonorMoralityNotionBoundsCrowdsAddressesGovernorsRealismCompelledOwingMoralist Author:Julien Benda
“There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn't be elected governor of the state of Illinois.” SaidStatesMightGuyFolksBarackGovernorsSenatorsIllinois Author:Barack Obama
“They kept on hollering, and I simply had to put my foot down. I said, 'I'm the governor and I say the ignorant in this state have to learn, blacks as well as whites.' And they learned.” WellsLongSaidStatesFeetIgnorantGovernors Author:Huey Long
“When I took my oath of office to serve as your Governor, remember, I swore to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests of this great state like a grizzly with cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. Alaska, as a statewide family, we've got to fight for each other, not against and not let external, sensationalized distractions draw us off course. As an exciting year of unpredictable change begins, we, too, have our work cut out for us. And we're all in this together. Just like our musk ox, they circle up to protect their future when they are challenged. We've got to do the same.” YearsStatesTogetherRememberMotherFightingCoursesInterestCuttingProtectOfficeDrawsExcitingCirclesDistractionGovernorsUnpredictableOathAlaskaCubsMuskGrizzliesOath Of Office Author:Sarah Palin