There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing.

I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources.

Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

At the constitutional level, what we of course have assured is that women have the ability to make these reproductive decisions up to the point of viability.

The reason we're governing right now is because we defeated moderate Republicans with moderate Democrats. And people need to be patient about that and realize that compromise is not evil.

I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.

We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent.