david nicholson. i mean, i talked him into raising money for me. i think his father, i don't know if he wanted to kill david or if he wanted to kill me or maybe both of us. david nicholson, he's just fantastic. and, of course, arlan meekhof, he's just great. tom leonard, brian. these are people that i got to spend time with and get to be close to. i don't know where our path will ever cross with ohio and michigan, but i will tell you. i'm down there in columbus. if you need anything, you just need to let us know, let me know. i will never forget the wonderful experience that i had in your great state. i so enjoyed the rivalries. it's so deep and its so cherished. [laughter] i think it's just fantastic. the last thing i would say to all of you is, i wish i had some statistics. i didn't put them together this morning but when i was getting ready i was thinking about the changing demographics of our country. i am not somebody who believes you tell people what they want to hear in order to get their vote. i've never thought that was leadership. i've alw

david nicholson, for those of you who don't know him, please go and introduce yourself to david.great leader in our state. he is so involved in many philanthropic charities throughout the state. he does so much to help elect republicans. he is a kind of behind the scenes guy. always one of those people you can pick up the phone and call, say, hey, can you help me with this? >> what is his number? >> i will give you his number in a minute. except for jeff. jeff isn't allowed to have his number. he has been a real friend to me since i've been chair. i just so appreciate his leadership in michigan. he also serves for our party on the wayne state board of governors. we're very happy to have republicans on any education board. let's clap for that. [applause] and with that being said i would like to introduce david nicholson. [applause] >> ronna that was incredibly nice. the truth is i'm one of your numerous speakers but i have an important job to introduce someone important but my day job, i'm a group ceo of pbs chemicals and we've been a michigan-based company the past 75 years. we e

david nicholson. i mean, i talked him into raising money for me. i think his father, i don't know if he wanted to kill david or if you wanted to kill me or maybe both of us. david nicholson, he's just fantastic. and, of course, arlan meekhof, he's just great. tom leonard, brian. these are people that i got to spend time with and get to be close to. i don't know where our path will ever cross with ohio and michigan by wha public utility. i'm down there in columbus. if you need anything, you just need to let us know, let me know. i will never forget the wonderful experience that i had in your great state. i so enjoyed the rivalries. it's so deep and its so cherished and i think it's just fantastic. the last thing i would say to all of you is, i wish i had some statistics. i didn't put them together this morning but when i was getting ready i was thinking about the changing demographics of our country. i am not somebody who believes you tell people what they want to hear in order to get their vote. i've never thought that was leadership. i've always fe

david nicholson. i took talking to raising money for me area i think his father, i don't know it if he wanted to kill david or kill me or maybe both of us but davidnicholson , he's just fantastic and of course arlan meekhof who, he's just great and tom leonard, brian kelly, these were people that i got to spend time with and got to be close to. i don't know where our paths will ever cross with ohio and michigan but i want to tell you, i'm down there in columbus read if you need anything just need to let us know, let me know. i will never forget the wonderful experience that i had in your great steak and i so enjoy the rivalry, it's so deep and so cherished and i think it's just fantastic. the last thing i would say to all of you is, i wish i had some statistics and i didn't put them together this morning but when i was getting ready i was thinking about the changing demographics of our country. now, i am not somebody who believes you tell people what they want to hear in order to get their vote. i've n