Let's make this a campaign about ideas and not about ideas and who's left standing after months of negative attack. I don't support vouchers. My opponent does. I do support public charter schools and public school choice. Public charter schools and public school choice inside our public school system may generate more creativity and entrepreneurial approaches to education.
Many minority businesses have difficult times accessing capital.
We need to develop more sources of capital. I've already been active in this field by creating regional venture capital funds. I also believe that the in the office of minority business development, we need to put a person with business experience and not just another politician. We need to also encourage in our school systems the training of more basic business principles, so that particularly first generation minority businesses are more familiar with some of the building blocks of starting a business. In many ways the struggle in the 21st century for full participation for minority Americans is not just for civil rights but economic opportunity, to make sure that the American dream is truly open to everyone.