Make no mistake: we are confronting an urgent crisis in Afghanistan, and we have to act.

It's time for a fundamental change, and that's why I'm running for President.

I will make sure those insurance companies can never do that again.

We can't afford another President who ignores the fundamentals of our economy while running up record deficits to fight a war without end in Iraq.

Together, we cannot fail; together, we can rise to meet any challenge.

These are the steps that we must take - right now - to start getting our economy back on track.

We must recognize that from global economic turmoil to global terrorism, the challenges we face demand American leadership of strong alliances.

We're not going to defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries through an occupation of Iraq.

To succeed, we need leadership that understands the connection between our economy and our strength in the world.

The American people don't want to hear politicians attack each other - you want to hear about how we're going to attack the challenges facing middle class families each and every day.

If you want real change - if you want an economy that rewards work, and that works for Main Street and Wall Street; if you want tax relief for the middle class and millions of new jobs.

I ask you to believe - to believe in yourselves, in each other, and in the future we can build together.

After eight years of Bush-McCain economics, the pie is now shrinking.

That's why I'm running for President - to give them that chance and rebuild our economy.

I believe that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis, because I believe in this country.

I'll stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas and invest in companies that create good jobs right here in Florida.

The financial crisis that states, businesses and families are facing didn't just spring up full-blown overnight.

If we can spend $10 billion a month rebuilding Iraq, we can certainly spend some money to rebuild America.