His wife Jill reportedly promised him a puppy if he stuck it out through the election.

Joe Biden was second on the ticket and he'll be second in line for the presidency come January.

What the president-elect told governors looking for hundreds of billions of dollars from Washington.

It is a remarkable testament to what you all fought for that there is absolutely total complete unadulterated cooperation and movement as if it's seamless.

Jill and Joe Biden join the Obamas right before their moment in history began; an unforgettable night for everyone.

It's time for us to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin the work of remaking America.

It is time for us together to get back up, to bring the change we need to the country we love.

Tomorrow night at this time, they'll have to call him something else; the 44th president of the United States of America.

Folks, over the past few weeks, John McCain's campaign in my view, has gone over the top.

A country divided cannot lead the world. A country divided cannot bring back the middle class.

If we can help Wall Street, we can help Broad Street and every other street in the state of Philadelphia.

Folks, in Pennsylvania 36,000 parents have made that trip up those steps this year alone. And it's got to stop.

You saw the debates, you heard the policy positions, and now -- now it's time to choose. And with early voting in Florida, I mean, now is a time to choose, today.

Are you joking? Is this a joke?

if you vote for Barack Obama, you're inviting an international crisis in effect.

I know Halloween is coming, but John McCain as a candidate of change, whoa, come on. John McCain and change, he needs a costume for that.

Yesterday, literally, John McCain actually went so far as to compare Barack Obama with George W. Bush.

In the last debate, John McCain felt the need to declare that he was not President Bush. I thought that was, on its face, a self-evident proposition, but he felt the need to say it.

In the last debate, in the last debate John McCain felt the need to declare that he was not President Bush.

I know Halloween is coming. But John McCain as a candidate of change, whoa, come on. John McCain and change, he needs a costume for that.

We're going to have an international crisis to test the mettle of this guy. I guarantee you it's going to happen.

We mean what we say that once this election is over, we have to reach out; we have to reach out and unite this country.

Our goal is to have the biggest voter turnout in the history of North Carolina and we're counting on all of you.

But I wanted to say to her, Governor, you were in sixth grade the last time John McCain had a good idea on the economy.

We mean it when we say that, once this election is over, we have to reach out. We have to reach out and unite this country.