While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions.

But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas.

I don't think that the Left has a monopoly on bad ideas. I don't think the Right has a monopoly on good ideas.

When you bring good ideas forward in the context of a Parliament where no one party has been given the absolute authority to proceed, then you roll up your sleeves, you discuss, you negotiate.

The majority party is going to take the position that the Governor can't put her ideas in the hands of the clerk of the House and Senate and the hands of each one of us. That's wrong.

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.