09/24/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"It's been a very busy day. A big speech in Springfield, Illinois, was planned to commemorate the birthday of Lincoln."
"They seemed to be caught by surprise."
"That's how we'll beat back our present dangers, that's how we will surpass what trials may come."
"We are going to break down some of these barriers, because the American people need it. They are desperate for us to find common ground. And I actually think more exists than it appears right now."