the arrows in my back from the mainstream media to prove it. i've led on national security issues, sometimes against president bush on issues like the iran freedom support act. i've been out front on national security issues. out front with my former colleague jim demint on social security, medicare, welfare reform. i led on welfare reform. i was the one that carry the water on that. it is not just checking the boxes it is having the courage to lead. >> governor johnson. >> i'm an entrepreneur that ran for governor of new mexico promising to bring a common sense business approach to state government that everything was going to be a cost-benefit analysis. i got we elected in a state that was 2-1 democrat. we are on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget. that means tough choices that are doable.