But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

Governors should be defined not just by what they do and say, but who they surround themselves with.

The music has to be as interesting. It has to keep taking you into places that you're at least not used to.

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.