Barack Obama: “I'm surprised that we have been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last…”

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.