Barack Obama: “Couldn't have a better leader in place at this time.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.