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I Kept Telling Everyone I Wasn't Going To Washington To Stay. I Go To Visit.

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.

As You Look Around The Country There Are Still A Significant Number Of States Where Their Whole School Debate Is Over School Funding And We've Been Focused On The Quality Debate For Most Of The '90s.

As Governor, I Learned The Importance Of Having An Agenda.

All 50 States Had The Same National Economy. And On Virtually Any Measurement You Wish To Look At, Michigan Has Moved Up And Improved Against The Others.