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...over the last several weeks, I think what we've been getting from John McCain has been nonstop attacks against me and my character, which have distracted people from the issues. What I want to do is make sure that people understand is [that] here are the choices: that you've got a candidate who is presenting policies that are identical to what George Bush has been doing for the last eight years, [and] you've got somebody who intends to fundamentally change those policies so that they work for the average American family. And if people understand what those...
...deliver for them. There's nothing new about this approach that they are taking. This is the same approach that they took against John Kerry and Al Gore and tried to take against Clinton. And so, as I said, what I think makes the difference this time is people understand this is a big election. We can't afford to keep on doing the same things we've been doing - the same policies or the same politics...
They've come out because they understand what's at stake in this election. And that's not going to change, and [when] we have small town halls or we have round tables like we had this morning, whatever the venue, the message is going to be the same: that somebody needs to be fighting for America's families in Washington. We've got to stop having the agenda set by special interests and lobbyists, and I'm the person who's best equipped to bring that change about...
...have a powerful belief in this idea that getting people together, of getting them to trust one another. The epiphany of your first book is "faith in other people." You understand how it sounds kind of gossamer to some people...
...challenge, I think, for the next President is to harness the essential idealism of the American people, the essential optimism of the American people, to inspire people to try to do better in the world, but to do so with a clear-eyed gaze, to understand that these things are not going to be easy. That there are fights that are going to have to be fought. And that at the end of the conversation, there are still going to be disagreements. And I intend to be on the winning side and have more power than the other side...