Barack Obama

He has been one of the prime architects with Paulson and with Bernanke of this bailout effort.

She's yet to cite what experience, in fact, prepares her for that 3 a.m. phone call.

Look, there's only one president at a time. I don't have the authority to take over yet.

As President-elect, I see the Olympic and Paralympic Games as an opportunity for our nation to reach out, welcome the world to our shores, and strengthen our friendships across the globe.

But if we are to truly meet our shared challenges, we must all work together.

The Olympic Games remind us that this is possible.

This group of public servants will bring decades of expertise to my administration, and I'll rely on their counsel and hard work as we fix our struggling economy and meet the great challenges of our time.

In the coming years, my administration will bring a fresh perspective on America's role and responsibilities around the world.

The United States would be honored to have the opportunity to host the Games and serve the Olympic Movement.

Yes. I think he's an extraordinary outlier. He is the kind of -- you know, he's a pioneer in so many respects.

A new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you.

I expressed my appreciation for their congratulations on my election.

I am pleased to announce these new additions to our team, and I'll be relying on their broad and diverse experience in the months ahead as we work to strengthen our economy, reform Washington, and meet the great challenges of our time.

What you see in FDR that I -- I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right but projecting a sense of confidence and a willingness to try things and experiment.

There's a wisdom there and a humility about his approach to government, even before he was president, that I just find -- find very helpful.

My commitment to marking a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change

That will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process

Important to get a national security team in place, because transition periods are potentially times of vulnerability to a terrorist attack.

That was one of my biggest worries and remains one of my biggest worries when we think about, Michelle and I have talked about this a lot, how do we just maintain that precious normalcy in our two girls?

One area that I'm concerned about, and I have said this publicly, is we have not focused on foreclosures and what's happening to homeowners as much as I would like. We have the tools to do it. We've got to set up a negotiation between…

You know, she is somebody who I needed advice and counsel from. She is one of the most thoughtful public officials that we have.

Make no mistake, this is the greatest economic challenge of our times. And while the road ahead will be long and the work will be hard, I know that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis.

We're just going to have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country, and -- and also to offer thanks to Senator McCain for the outstanding service he's already rendered.

I think that part of the way to think about it is things could be worse. We could have seen a lot more bank failures over the last several months. We could have seen even more rapid deterioration of the economy, even a bigger drop in the…

You actually have a consensus among conservative, Republican-leaning economists and liberal, left-leaning economists. And the consensus is this; that we have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again. That we have to…