It's divisive to go into the primary with two very highly qualified individuals for governor. To see us weaken the party and to weaken the process and to give the Democrats an edge at all is more than I would want to do.

This is an exciting ticket. These are two very able and qualified individuals.

The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.

Teachers don't want to have a letter sent home saying that they are not highly qualified, ... We likely will have a few of those letters that will have to go out. Hopefully in that letter, somehow we can explain to parents that we still feel like the teacher we have in that classroom is a very good teacher, who will do an excellent job.

Bite my tongue, he is a highly qualified nominee, ... a proven record of working in a bipartisan way.

We learned tonight where Governor Bush stands,