Barack Obama: “The alliance between our two nations has never been stronger.”

I’m going to insist that we can do better than we’re doing right now.

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

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.

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