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" I kept my promises. "

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

" We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf. "

" The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money. "