People of different faiths, like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology. Surely the answer is that we can meet in service.

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

My doctrine is as I've described, which is confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might.

In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4,000, but health insurance premiums are higher, food prices are higher, utility bills are higher, and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.

We have made progress from where we were when President Obama took office, when the economy - our economy had just contracted almost by nine percent.

I don't want to be like Europe. I want to be like America.

At the end of the day after a few speeches and a lot of campaign stops, I'm more energized than drained.