Scott McCallum Quotes

My goal was never to get re-elected.

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

There's a lot of stress involved when your house is underwater.

I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.

That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.

The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what can we do to move Wisconsin forward.

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.

Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.

I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month.

My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.