Barack Obama: “It is our generation’s task, then, to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth -- a rising, thriving middle…”

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

The success of this experiment was never a given.

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