Barack Obama: “It is really bad. I am going to need some time to do this.”

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

This race is going to be close. It could determine which party controls the Senate and whether Ohioans can count on the people in Washington to be fighting for you.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

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