democrat and republican leaders if washington regularly. we're going to look for common ground and shared principles. we'll put the interest of the american people above the interest of the politicians. >> i know something about leading because i've led before. in business, in the olympics, in my state i brought people together to achieve real change. as you know i was elected a republican governor in a state that has a legislature that was 85% democrat. when i came into office we were looking at a multibillion dollar budget gap. but instead of fighting with each other, we came together to solve the problems. we actually cut government spending. we reduced it. we lowered taxes 19 times. defended school choice. worked to make our state business friendly. and our state moved up 20 places in job growth. our schools were ranked number