Barack Obama actually said...

The challenges we face as a nation are now more numerous and difficult than when I first arrived in Chicago, but I have no doubt that we can...

Surprisingly enough, I feel right now that I'm doing what I should be doing.

I came to Illinois all those years ago, and they will stay with me when I go to the White House in January.

Part of what we have to measure against is what didn't happen and not just what has happened.