Barack Obama: “Each of you have traveled a unique path to get here, and your fields represent the full spectrum of the arts and…”

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

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.

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.