Barack Obama

It's easy to rile up a crowd. Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. Well, that's not what we need right now in the United States. The times are too serious; the challenges too great.

They can run misleading ads and they can pursue the politics of anything goes. It will not work, not this time.

I know my opponent is worried about his campaign but that's not what I'm worried about. I'm thinking about the Americans who are losing jobs and homes and their life savings.

It's easy to rile up a crowd; nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. That's not what we need right now in the United States.

They can run misleading ads and pursue the politics of anything goes; it will not work, not this time.

We can't afford four more years of the economic theory that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.

It is time to build an American infrastructure for the 21st century.

We can meet this moment.

He should implement this plan quickly, aggressively, and ensure that it protects taxpayers, does not reward CEOs, and is limited in duration.

There are many causes of this economic crisis, and it's critical that we respond using all the tools that we currently have.

We can do this if we come together; if we have confidence in ourselves and each other.

It's time to turn the page on eight years of economic policies that put Wall Street before Main Street but ended up hurting both.

The test of any idea must not be whether it is liberal or conservative, but whether it works for the American people.

This is not a time for ideology - it's a time for common sense and a politics of pragmatism.

This is not a time for ideology, but a time for common sense and pragmatism.

I will not allow countries to out-teach us today so they can out-compete us tomorrow.

That's why I support Secretary Paulson's latest initiative to use the authority we gave him in the financial rescue plan to provide more capital to our financial institutions.

We need policies that grow our economy from the bottom-up.

Now is not the time for fear.

In the course of 12 hours, he has ended up with a plan that punishes taxpayer, rewards banks, and won't solve our housing crisis. But I -- this is the kind of erratic behavior we have been seeing out of Senator McCain.

Here is my point, Cincinnati. You can't afford that kind of erratic, uncertain leadership in these uncertain times.

I'm surprised that we have been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that he wasn't willing to say it to my face.

In the course of 12 hours, he's ended up with a plan that punishes tax payers, rewards banks and won't solve our housing crisis. But this is the kind of erratic behavior we've been seeing out of Senator McCain.

You can't afford that kind of erratic, uncertain leadership in these uncertain times. We need a steady hand in the White House. We need a president we can trust in times of crisis.

I am surprised that we've been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that he wasn't willing to say to my face.