WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Gov. Rauner brimming with success while IL burns
"“Well, I take long walks with our dog and ride my motorcycle. I head out alone and explore roads or find a little park to sit and think. Or a brew pub to strike up conversations. It’s really wonderful when people describing themselves as Democrats tell me to stay the course. That I’m doing the right thing. That energizes me and I know it sounds strange, but my wife tells me she hasn’t seen me this happy in 20 years. I feel totally honored and humbled to get the opportunity to improve the future of 13 million people.” -- SneedTrump on Obama
“He actually used my term: ‘mean’. That was my term,” Trump said. “Because I want to see – and I speak from the heart – that’s what I want to see, I want to see a bill with heart.” -- GuardianSuburban Supt. Raymond Lechner on NCLB redux
"That's what I'm afraid of — that it's going to be the same approach as NCLB, though NCLB said 100 percent," saidMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: