It could be a negative statement about life in Nevada, but when you're talking family issues, it could be (about) any number of other factors, ... That goes for CEOs, not just little college professors.

Here in Nevada, the political process is largely conducted through individual power brokers.

If you are going to run for partisan office, particularly if it is full time, at some point you have to leave government employment, ... This gives him some breathing room, but it doesn't get him off the hook. At some point, he will have to take a leave or resign.

Dawn Gibbons has always worked. She was a successful businesswoman in her own right.

It is also somewhat sexist to think that she has to stop her career so Jim can be governor. What if (Democratic candidate) Dina Titus is elected governor? Will her husband give up his career as a college professor to become the first man?

He doesn't avoid hits to get where he wants to go. You saw that in the (state record) tax increase (in 2003). Raising taxes is never popular, especially with the Republicans. But Guinn went in and took the shots because he felt it needed to be done.

In terms of his behavior, you can make that direct analogy about his political style.

Football was his break, but it can't be everybody's break. That's why the Millennium Scholarship will be his legacy. That scholarship will be the thing that the Guinn administration is best remembered.

Absolutely, (he's the front-runner). He's got name recognition. He's run campaigns in every county in the state. And he's got money.