"During the past couple of years, I have worked closely with the Governor and I think he would tell you I have been a supporter of his."
"Anne and I had a discussion and we decided we would provide an alternative."
"I like Ernie Fletcher."
Regarding political problems of the Governor, "whether it is fair or unfair, it is what it is."
"When you have an election that will be focused on (scandals) we can not win. That is why we are providing an alternative."
"We can not afford to have the Democrats in charge of the executive branch of government again."
"We agree with a lot of the things the governor has said."
Hoover said the military exemption bill the governor is talking about was put up by Republican House members each of the last two years and died in part because the administration would not support it.
"We support repeal of the AMC." "That is a policy difference we have with the current administration."
Ducked question on school choice: "we just started the campaign three weeks ago." "We will be coming out with some specific policy positions very soon."