We will use the months ahead to pursue a lasting, peaceful, and comprehensive solution.

My opponent's plan is to let the foreclosures play themselves out and let the market hit bottom.

It was not a matter of if, it was a matter of when.

We need to move forward with a sense of urgency as we move into these negotiations.

I genuinely am not spending a lot of time worrying about who their candidate is going to be.

We need a sense of urgency and a bias for action.

The early states are critical to us because I am not as well-known as Senator Clinton.

It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy than trying to hold hostage funding for our troops in combat and our wounded warriors.

The next president can't just be driven by polls.

We're not going to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House by acting like Hillary Clinton.

We need to tell them what they need to hear.

That's how we'll prevent the drug and insurance industry from defeating our reform efforts like they did in 1994.

Today I am announcing key elements of that strategy.

It takes as long as necessary.

The most important lesson in life in the Presidency is to have a clear vision of where you want to lead, and lead.

I think that's what they're trying to do, and I hope there will be time to do it.

We cannot afford to break our concentration.

I think it is very important today that we ask ourselves what we propose to do with this prosperity.