Good afternoon, everybody-ugh, Jesus, gimme a sec.

The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.

We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

What is true in the South is true for America.

If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from.

A political candidacy built around hope and change and compromise would eventually become a presidency of crisis and confrontation.

I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.