If Patrick Manning wants to run a campaign that takes the side of corporate interests who defrauded regular New Yorkers, that's fine with us. Any time Patrick Manning wants to come over to Eliot Spitzer's house in Columbia County for breakfast, he's more than welcome.

The attorney general's excited about a campaign that's grounded in issues and focuses on his vision, his record of reform and his plan to transform New York into a state government that works on behalf of the people to solve important issues.

The numbers are very encouraging and put us in very good shape to run the kind of issues-oriented, highly energized campaign that we've planned on.

It positions us strongly to run a great race for the next 10 and a half months.

The business community around the state has always been supportive of Eliot, and they are excited about the prospect of him as the next governor.

The support of business people, to which he refers, is something that we at the campaign pride ourselves on and we welcome his endorsement.

It would be like competing with one arm tied behind our back.

Eliot believes that the focus of Empire State Development should be Western New York, because that's where the help is needed the most.

Eliot is not in favor of this revision to the penal code. When David agreed to be Eliot's running mate, we knew they wouldn't be in lockstep agreement with each other. That's part of how good relationships work.

Eliot's campaign is about bringing sweeping reform to state government.