The Governor seemed to come back to himself a bit.

He noted that the Governor too seemed to have been taken in.

The governor, in an interview last week, seemed to agree.

The governor seemed to know exactly where the cameras were.

The governor, as he has all week, seemed to be looking beyond the moment, perhaps setting up his argument for next year.

The Governor last week seemed clearly to ruled this out.

The Governor and the team seem likely to face pressure to adjust the terms, however.

"I thought we were doing our best to play down this pirate business," the governor seemed to remember.

For years, the Governor seemed to lead something of a charmed political life.

But the Governor seemed to go out of his way to leave the impression that he will be a candidate.