In five years, you're going to be blown away by the strength and diversity of Michigan's transformed economy.

If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.

Today in America we are no more "post-racial" than we are "post-partisan." We have a long way to go.

The question is what will Mitt Romney do as president if his policy is simply to be hands off and let the government be made so small it can be drowned in a bathtub. In the 21st century global economy, no state alone has the ability to compete against China.

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation.

We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.