. >>> it was no real surprise when william daley entered the race months ago.his campaign to pat quinn. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. >> you say you weren't prepared for the enormity of this. a man who spent his life in politics, number one and coming from the family you do was it that or simply the idea of being a candidate, you didn't feel like you had the stuff of a candidate? >> i think it was a combination of things to be honest with you. i've been around politics my whole life. i enjoy it. i think it's important for people to get involved. but when you get actually in that arena and you look at the depth of the problems that we have in our state and you look at a long-term period from five minimum to nine years if you're successful, that's a long time. and it's probably like sometimes there are hundreds of thousands of reporters around america today thinking they can come here and do this job and it would be easy. and trying to get up at 3:00 in the morning. >> they'd be wrong. >> they'd be wrong. and it really gets down to a personal decision as to whethe