Scott McCallum
Scott McCallum
Scott McCallumis an American businessman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 May 1950
CountryUnited States of America
Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.
Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.
I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.
I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.
The tone did take on a negativity that I didn't like and when you make the decision to go the other way as we did it very directly had an impact, you can see it with the tracking.
You still try to be open, you try to answer these things, but there are some that clearly have an agenda and may not even fully realize it themselves.
I was governor during 9/11, and maybe Governor Doyle doesn't understand the depth of feeling in this country towards terrorism and what is going on.
They may not have been the best political decisions, but I'm going to do what I thought was right for the state of Wisconsin and never look back.
It just happened that the course of the campaign went negative we actually went positive for a little over a week and you do the tracking of poll numbers and it hurt us. So the public responded to those type of ads.
This is the state of Wisconsin. It is very important to our reputation, what we are trying to project, and yet our governor is silent.
There - Doyle did receive a great deal of money from the tribes, and it came in right at the end, based on compacts and discussions of compacts.
There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give.
I will say we now, in the polling in Wisconsin, much different than many other races, the public didn't perceive that we were getting a fair shake from the media.
I think there can be some disagreement as to whether Kerry really won Wisconsin or not.