Susan Cover asked Governor Baldacci today whether he would consider seeking Olympia Snowe's senate seat in 2012. His response:

"Right now I love Maine. I was in Washington for eight years. I loved and was honored by the work I did in Washington, but my heart is here.

"My wife and I bought a place in Holden and we're gradually getting ready to move on, get Jack (their teenage son) in college, trying to encourage my wife to look at kindergarten teaching.

"There's an easy chair out there that has my name all over it.

"In terms of any other politics, I've told people I'm not running again. There's enough challenges right here in Maine."