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.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.

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

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.

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.

I just think this is people who are chronically looking for ways to be upset about things.