What They Are Saying

"Perhaps the President's most successful Cabinet secretary, she rose from her post as the President's domestic-policy adviser to be the nation's first mother of school-age children to serve as Education secretary. She has walked a fine line at Education and not been tarred with the failures of the No Child Left Behind Act while still getting credit for some of its successes. She's got a bright future." Washingtonian Magazine, December 2008

"On Capitol Hill, Ms. Spellings has a reputation for knowing the fine-grained details of the laws she is charged with administering." "Spellings Seeks to Cast Her Glow Over NCLB" by David Hoff, Education Week, January 9, 2008

"Spellings is a capable, principled leader who has the ear of the president and has earned strong, bipartisan respect in Congress." Senator Edward Kennedy, Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2004