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		I love Romney. It is not his fault that he is the son of a successful governor and makes $20 million a year.
	
	  Foster Friess Foster Friess
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		He didn't get away with it tonight. Gov. Bush tried a lot of the stuff that he has gotten away with in the campaign so far, and Al Gore was right there on target with the facts. The fact is that it is Governor Bush who's overspending the projected surplus, and Al Gore is staying within the surplus.
	
	  Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman
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		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.
	
	  Bob Wise Bob Wise
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		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.
	
	  Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders
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		Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.
	
	  Adam McKay Adam McKay
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		The Republicans initially sort of saw George W. Bush as a blank canvas, didn't they? It seems like they interviewed him when he was governor of Texas to see what kind of candidate he could be.
	
	  Eddie Vedder
			
			
				Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder
			
			
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		The joke I always make is I'm either running for reelection, running for Senate, running for governor, or running for my life. The latter is also a viable possibility.
	
	  Cory Booker Cory Booker
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		When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.
	
	  Ann Wagner Ann Wagner
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		Ernie is our governor, and I expect he will be re-elected in 2007.
	
	  Ed Whitfield Ed Whitfield
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		In 2007, when I was governor of New York, I proposed that our state once again permit undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. To say the proposal lit a firestorm in the political arena is an understatement.
	
	  Eliot Spitzer Eliot Spitzer
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		In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. All of us, from the Governor of the Bank of England downwards, are now primarily interested in preserving the stability of business, prices, and employment, and are not likely, when the choice is forced on us, deliberately to sacrifice these to outworn dogma, which had its value once, of 3 pounds, 17 shill ings, 10 1/2 pence per ounce. Advocates of the ancient standard do not observe how remote it now is from the spirit and the requirements of the age. A regulated nonmetallic standard has slipped in unnoticed. It exists.
	
	  John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes
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		It is important that Governor Bush do well. It's obviously important that Al Gore do well.
	
	  Frank Keating Frank Keating
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		According to government ethics rules and FOMC rules, it is permissible for a retired governor to speak in public about the economy, so long as he or she does not divulge confidential information. I have no indication that he has violated that rule.
	
	  Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke
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		Before I was State Treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs, including here at Nabsys, a biomedical company. As governor, I’ll use this as a model for how we create manufacturing jobs.
	
	  Gina Raimondo Gina Raimondo
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		I expect to see, on television, the porcine Governor of the State of Michigan decrying to the whole world that my client should be in jail for rendering kindness and compassion, primarily because the porcine Governor of the State of Michigan is a religious nut.
	
	  Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Fieger
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		I spent 29 years at ABC Sports. Ed Rendell has spent the last three years as governor, and he wants to be a broadcaster. Let's give Ed Rendell what he wants.
	
	  Lynn Swann Lynn Swann