Rahm Emanuel

Whatever it is, we have a very technical, innovative advantage against China.

They have an energy system that can do it.

And we got to neutralize a negative that allows a positive.

So to me, those are two subjects that are tied.

But the other thing is, you ain't getting from here to there.

And those, as you know, I have focused on education.

Now, in two weeks from now,

You know, I went to Mississippi to talk about elementary education, et cetera, and see the Mississippi reading miracle.

In Michigan, in Grand Rapids, and in Howell, I will lay out a vocational ed plan.

Because the ticket to the middle class runs through the classroom.

Without it?

like the land-grant colleges, like the universal high school education, like the GI Bill, like the Science and Tech Sputnik Challenge.

Without it, there's no middle class in America.

That's the door you got to walk through to open up all the other doors.

And to me, now, one last comment, and then this is also politics, which you and I are, at least the two of us are good at.

I found it fascinating in the Texas special.

The Republicans said, oh, this is a warning, which is true.

Democrats said, look at his background.

What he said was, you listen, I stayed away from all the cultural issues and I focused on education and vocational ed.

You ever hear that before from anybody else?