A Leader Gets Things Done.

George W. Bush Did An Incredible Job In The Presidency, Defending Us From Freedom.

Texas Is A National Leader In Education Reform And Student Achievement. Through Our College- And Career-ready Standards And Assessments, Strong School Accountability, And A Focus On Educator Development, We Have Created An Education System That Prepares Our Students For Success After Graduation.

The Republican Candidates Are Talking About Ways To Transition This Program And It Is A Monstrous Lie. It Is A Ponzi Scheme To Tell Our Kids That Are 25 Or 30 Years Old Today, You're Paying Into A Program That's Going To Be There. Anybody That's For The Status Quo With Social Security Today Is Involved With A Monstrous Lie To Our Kids, And It's Not Right.

It's A Tenth Amendment Issue. If You Want Washington, If You Want To Implement Their Standards, That's Your Call... We Certainly Had Higher Standards Than Common Core, So It Was A Very Easy Decision For Texans, Myself And The Legislature Included, To Basically Say We Still Believe That Texans Know How To Best Run Texas.

Now, I Have No Doubt That Mitt Romney Was Worried About Pink Slips Whether He Was Going To Have Enough Of Them To Hand Out Because His Company Bain Capital And All Of The Jobs That They Killed I'm Sure He Was Worried He Would Run Out Of Pink Slips.