Barack Obama: “What happened in the financial markets was the final verdict on eight years of failed policies. And we're now going…”

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway.

Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.