When you are the governor of a state you lead that state. People judge on the record. Tell us your record. Tell us what you did or tried to do in Texas, and what you mean to do for the country. But back to the most important thing, something I mentioned earlier.
Nothing works long-term in politics but love.
Of course, you can win quick victories, even a series of them, through demagoguery, jabbing, fighting, even hating. But all enduring victories, all administrations with meaning, have love at the heart of them. Your old man loved America. And the Bushes have the love thing. Look at your father's book of letters.