Even small pieces of campaign finance reform are difficult. There's a lot of different interests in Springfield, and there's not a huge appetite from any corner for real campaign finance reform. We certainly saw that when the bill was introduced last session. |
Gov. Blagojevich is working to improve health care and education and to pass a jobs bill and assault weapons ban. Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant. |
I have a handful of active lobbying clients, but my business is not lobbying. My business is public affairs and public relations. That's the vast majority of what I spend my time on. |
It was a very real event in which he had something he knew he wanted to say. |
It's meant to be sincere. It's meant to speak to real people in real language and talk about things that matter. |
No, not really. Even with this ambitious schedule, there is plenty of time to do other things. We just want to do it early and often and around the state. |
Patti has a business and two small children, and he's the governor of the state. And like millions of other people, they are busy. |
Silly, negative distortions from a desperate campaign are sad and irrelevant. |
The governor doesn't look at me and see a lobbyist coming through the door. |
The governor is eager for the real debate in this campaign to begin. |
This campaign has always raised funds appropriately, done everything by the book and followed the letter of the law. |
Throughout his first term, the governor has won key victories for working people. |
We haven't been able to get details beyond that. |
We hope everybody is aware that the Republican National Committee considers the governor a target. This is a party that is opposed to programs that help working families and has been hostile to programs the governor has promoted to help working families in Illinois. |
We're really not going to get into a back and forth about it. The governor respects him, likes him and likes working with him and will continue to do so. |