The chairman of the SEC serves at the appointment of the president, and in my view, has betrayed the public trust. If I were president today, I would fire him.

On the biggest issue of the day, he didn't know what to think. He may not realize it but you don't get to vote present as President of the United States.

He won't even step out on a limb and take charge of an issue and say how he feels about it one way or the other. What you need here is an experienced hand on the helm.

My friends, he's not afraid of Washington, D.C.

We're going to fight and we're going to win. We're going to fight, fight.

The McCain campaign calls Governor Palin a former maverick and highlights her experience as a mayor and governor to drive that message home.

But I know a great deal about it. I know how to handle it and I know how to defeat it but it's not going to be a short struggle.

McCain has kept saying I'll fight for a bipartisan commission.

I will fight for a bipartisan commission.

I'm here in Grand Rapids to send a message to Washington and Wall Street. We're not going to leave the workers of Michigan hung out to dry while the government gives billions in taxpayers' dollars to Wall Street. We're not going to stand…

I pledge that the FDIC and the SPIC will have all the support they need to fully back the savings for the American people. Government has a clear responsibility to act in defense of the public interest and that's exactly what I intend to…

Well, I called for more regulation two years ago.

Talks a tough game on the financial crisis, but the facts tell a different story. Senator Obama took more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than anyone but the chairman of the committee they answer to.

I pledge that the FDIC and the SBIC will have all the support they need to fully back the savings of the American people. Government has a clear responsibility to act in defense of the public interest. And that's exactly what I intend to…

In short order, we're going to put an end to the reckless conduct, corruption and unbridled greed that have caused a crisis on Wall Street.

the American worker is the most productive, and most innovative. They're the fundamental of our economy and the strength of it and the reason why we will rebound.

And he put Fannie Mae's CEO, who helped create this problem, in charge of finding his vice president. That's not change. That's what's broken in Washington.

the fundamentals of the economy is strong.