He was open to compromise and he kind of kept the hardcore Republican special interest groups at arm's length. In other words, he ruled the state. And I say ruled because Governors have a lot of power in the state. He was always in the middle and you could work with him. And we had obviously had our differences of opinions between Democrats and Republicans, but Tommy and a lot of the other Republicans were moderates at that time. (01:29–01:32)
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