Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is.

I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start.

Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference.

I just have a position that any child that's in a failing school should be able to get out, or be in a position to have that school fixed.

I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.