applause) don't you wish she could have been here at this convention, and heard leaders like governor narry fallon, governor haley, governor martinez, secretary of state condoleezza rice! (cheers and applause) as governor of massachusetts i chose a woman lt. governor. a woman chief of staff. 456 of-- half of my cabinet and senior officials were women. and in business i mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. i grew up in detroit in love with cars and wanted to be a car guy like my dad. but the time i was out of school i realized that i had to go out on my own. that if i stayed around michigan in the same business, i would never really know if i was getting a break because of my dad. i wanted to go someplace new and prove myself. those weren't the easiest of days. many long hours and weekends working, five young sons who seemed to have this need to reenact a different world war every night. but if you asked ann and i what we would give to break up just one more fight between the boys, or wake up in the morning and discover a pile of kid as sleep in our room, w

applause) don't you wish she could have been here at this convention, and heard leaders like governor narry fallon governor martinez, secretary of state condoleezza rice! (cheers and applause) as governor of massachusetts i chose a woman lt. governor. a woman chief of staff. 456 of-- half of my cabinet and senior officials were women. and in business i mentored and supported great women leaders who went on to run great companies. i grew up in detroit in love with cars and wanted to be a car guy like my dad. but the time i was out of school i realized that i had to go out on my own. that if i stayed around michigan in the same business, i would never really know if i was getting a break because of my dad. i wanted to go someplace new and prove myself. those weren't the easiest of days. many long hours and weekends working, five young sons who seemed to have this need to reenact a different world war every night. but if you asked ann and i what we would give to break up just one more fight between the boys, or wake up in the morning and discover a pile of kid as sleep in our room, well, every mom an