My religion defines who I am, and I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life.

I accept my church's position on abortion as a — what we call a [inaudible] doctrine.

I can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the American people tonight. One, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this.

The last thing we need now is another war.

Obama told me. Hillary promised me. Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a treasure. He was a real sweetheart. But he also told me -- they all told me that they promised me.

Look, I understand what it's like to be a single parent. When my wife and daughter died and my two sons were gravely injured, I understand what it's like as a parent to wonder what it's like if your kid's going to make it.

I think the president did a wonderful job in making just how -- making it clear just how stark that choice is.

I think the president did a wonderful job of making it clear just how stark that choice is.

All these people gathered here today have not forgotten the heroism of your husbands, wives, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, and that what they did for this country is still etched in the minds of not only you but millions of Americans…

We've since created 4.5 million private sector jobs in the past 29 months.

We have since created 4.5 million private sector jobs in the past 29 months.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resilient than any bump in the road.

Let me tell you, I'm like a one-horse cowboy. I have one trick. I'm not going to use it today. I'll use it later in the campaign.

I've been married for 43 years, and I know my wife Jill knows the same thing about me that Beau knows.

Joe Biden has been an outstanding vice president.

going put you all in chains if elected.

Romney wants to let -- he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. Unchain Wall Street. They're going to put you all back in chains.

I got a message for -- if you want to know what's outrageous, it's their policies and the effects of their policies on middle-class Americans. That's what's outrageous.

Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the -- he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, unchain Wall Street. Going to put you…

I got a message for them. If you want to know what's outrageous, it's their policies. And the effects of their policies on middle class America. That's what's outrageous.

The Obama Administration has systematically waged a war on coal, attacking the industry on multiple fronts, and to date they have been very successful.

Electricity prices are going to go up and the electric grid will be stretched even farther posing serious challenges for reliability.

I fully expect the second Obama term would focus on cap-and-trade while the President is following through on his promise to enact cap-and-trade by regulation.

In 2008, then Senator Obama stated in a press interview that under his preferred policy of cap-and-trade, anyone who wanted to build a new coal-fired power plant would go bankrupt in the process.

under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.