Midterms are always hard. And the midterm in a two-term president's second term is especially hard.

The Supreme Court raises the question, what kind of country will we be? The Supreme Court needs to stand on the side of the American people, not on the side of the powerful, wealthy.

There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.

As president, I will take that work, that bipartisan work, that finding common ground, because you have to be able to get along with people to get things done in Washington.

I believe in evidence-based decision making. I want to know what the facts are.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

I wouldn't take up arms. I think that might be a little extreme.