Anytime you talk about the possibility of threats, his car was vandalized as I think many of you reported. We?re very concerned about that and we fully expect the authorities are keenly aware and will be looking into them. |
Are you ready to get your city back? We're the good guys and we're outworking the bad guys. |
Ask yourself ... are you better off today than you were four years ago? I think if you're like most Detroiters you'll say that we're struggling. And I think we need to do better. |
I think it was critical. I think it was significant. I think that it came at an important juncture in this campaign. |
If you want to get a problem solved, the first thing you have to admit is that you have a problem. The city of Detroit is teetering on bankruptcy. |
In many ways, this is a tired, kind of outdated strategy that may have had its place in the 1970s and 1980s. |
It has been a labor of love for me. I have not tired. I am energized when I am around the citizens of Detroit. |
It's a direct result of the grassroots campaigning I've been doing; the home meetings, the senior lunches. I've been taking my message directly to voters and it's a message of experience and integrity. |
My opponent is the king of smoke and mirrors. His budget's been smoke and mirrors. His crime statistics have been smoke and mirrors. |
She is the conscience of this country. |
The learning curve that was so steep for my opponent when he came into office caused this situation to be exacerbated beyond what it should have been. |
This election is far from being over. The celebration is far from being ended. And this 21-month journey is very much alive, it is well and the hope for this city -- the promise that we can indeed be a city that we can believe in again -- is on schedule. |
This is about who knows how to manage a big-city budget. |
This is not his fault; he was not ready. Getting elected and being ready to do the job are two different things. |
This sounds to me like the ploy of a desperate man who is down in the polls. |