It's important to know that the vast majority of people who were excited in 2008 are still really enthusiastic. We've got more volunteers now than ever, and they're engaged, they're motivated, they're not paying attention to the ups and downs of polls or Washington.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.

We've been able to organize the international community around it in ways that aren't going to go back.