Barack Obama actually said...

I'm deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of pe...

Today he said the general election begins next week, after the last two state primaries wrap up. He's confident he'll be the next president ...

But we know in our hearts we are ready for change.

If you couldn't run a successful petition drive, then that raised questions in terms of how effective a representative you were going to be.