After careful consideration of the circumstances and conditions as they exist surrounding the race, including the now-shortened time frame available to run an aggressive and effective campaign, I will not seek my party's nomination. |
His decision seemed to leave John Spencer, a former mayor of Yonkers, as the party's most likely challenger. |
My object here, and it has been here over the past many, many months, [is] to build the most effective campaign I can for the United States Senate to defeat Mrs. Clinton. |
Not only is he a freshman (going to state), but he's the only freshman in the entire state of Wisconsin who qualified for the 50-free in both divisions, and he's only one of two freshmen who qualified in the 100-free. That just shows you what a talent this young man really is. |
That was only four seconds off the conference record. These guys really were hungry to not only win a conference championship but to get to state. |
The Governor is the leader of the Republican Party. Out of respect for his position and his decision, I have decided to stop my campaign for the United State Senate. |
This is systemic of a larger problem. It is not a case of 'gotcha.' This is serious. |