Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

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.

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

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