He was an unabashedly liberal governor.

His professed political hero is Abraham Ribicoff, the unabashed liberal governor and senator.

And you know how liberal the governor is with me - provided he has the money.

And that's the biggest question hanging over a certain Northeastern liberal governor, a Democrat whose name ends in a vowel.

Both are liberal Northeastern governors whose once prosperous states are beset with budget problems.

Governor Dukakis is one of the most liberal governors in the United States of America.

Yes, Mr. Pataki is one of the more liberal Republican governors, but that doesn't seem to matter.

Ronald Reagan started the 1980's chopping away at government, and succeeded in less than a decade at getting even liberal governors to join in.

"You know what a liberal governor and a liberal legislature can do to wreck an economy," he said.