I don't know if I'm a national education figure.

If we are going to compete in this world we're in today, there is no possible way we can do it with lowering expectations and dumbing down everything. Children are going to suffer and families' hearts are going to be broken that their kids won't be able to get a job in the 21st Century.

Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.

I haven't been in Washington over the last - ever. I'm not part of Washington. I got to serve as governor of a state, a purple state and I was the most successful conservative governor probably, during the time that I was there.

Half of the interview is substantive and half of it I think is sizing the person up.

I'm energetic and passionate about the needs - the things we need to fix. I don't feel old, I don't feel like yesterday's news.

Immigration is a gateway basically. It's a check-off point for Latino voters.