The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president. And you've seen the violence in his home city of Chicago. This is just another example.

Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.

Here's what I know about political campaigns: no matter what you map out at the beginning, it's always different at the end.

Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other.

Everybody in America has to be part of a shared sacrifice to create opportunity for greatness again for our people and our country.

I'm a former federal prosecutor, I've fought terrorists and won and when we get back in the White House we will fight terrorists and win again and America will be safe.

I believe in Governor Romney. I believe in him as a leader.