Barack Obama: “There will be no boots on the ground. There will not be a ground combat role for forces, U.S. forces, in Iraq or…”

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.

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

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.