In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street. In five days, you can choose policies that invest in our middle class, and create new jobs, and grow this economy, so that everyone has a chance to succeed, not just the CEO, but the secretary and janitor, not just the factory owner, but the men and women on the factory floor.

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

The quicker you resolve the problems with banks and there's transparency in that process, the faster they recapitalize and are able to make investments.

One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.

There's a utility in the democracy refreshing itself on an ongoing basis.

One thing both men have in common is a love of golf and a shared knowledge of the word "mulligan," which means a do-over to replace a lousy shot.

People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer and more interesting. I think if we can expand that attitude to embrace African-Americans and Latino-Americans and Asian-Americans, then we will be in a position where all our kids can feel comfortable with the worlds they are coming out of, knowing they are part of something larger.