The Governor coyly suggested that he would pull some dollars out of his sleeve, but provided no details.
"Clearly cuts have got to be made, along the magnitude of what the Governor has suggested."
Many said that the problem was likely to be even worse than the Governor suggested.
"The Governor suggested that ye might possibly have some sort of medicine to soothe it."
In fact, in a prepared statement, the Governor suggested that he expected to be overridden all along.
"You ought to stop holding public figures to a different standard" than yourselves, the Governor suggested to the reporters.
We're considering unpaid furloughs along the lines of what the Governor suggested, and cutting the school year by a few days.
Second, the Governor suggests that a "mere 1 hour to 15.5 hours a week" increase in class time by faculty would save taxpayers $25 million.
The new Republican Governor suggested strongly today that he would veto the legislation.
This time, the Governor suggests an armistice of a week.