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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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