Barack Obama: “He's also somebody who has remained in close touch with the American people.”

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.