Edwin Eisendrath Quotations

Mr. Blagojevich has been campaigning at taxpayer expense for months. Now he will have to rely on the state contractor and lobbyist contributions to pay for his efforts.

I don't expect him to want to debate. He has a terrible record and no plan for the future.

He's cut college funding every year . . . and (then) in an election year, he promises $90 million he doesn't have.

He can't mention ethics because he has failed to keep his promises.

Just yesterday he diverted another $1.1 billion from pensions to pay for his election-year budget. He continues to reward contributors and his lobbyist friends in ways that give Illinois a bad reputation and have attracted the investigations of the U.S. attorney. Every where I go, people say it's time for a change.

I think there's enough (time). I'm not worried about my campaign plan.

I think everybody now knows the things that I care passionately about. And that doesn't change. If I think those things are being addressed, then I'm open to that, but it is a moment and he and I haven't talk and I am not thinking about that.

You can expect that between now and the end we are going all out.

Disappointment and the idea that we could do so much better in this state.

Embracing mediocrity is not the way to improve schools.

The State of Illinois has the fifth biggest economy in the country, but is 35th in growth. That is why I am running. We can and must do better. I know we don't have to be last!

This just echoes what I've heard all over the state. State employees just don't trust the governor. They don't trust him with their pensions, they don't trust him to hire competent managers, they don't trust him with the state budget.

In Illinois, more than any other state, where you live determines what type of education you can get.

I have not bought one second of his being too busy being governor to be a candidate.

He's employing the campaign strategy of carefully staged events and big ad buys paid for by special interests and no open debate.