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

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…

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…

Part of what we have to measure against is what didn't happen and not just what has happened.

I think any sensible person would say that we should be creating a playoff system.

I'm less interested in looking backwards than I am in looking forwards.

One of the great joys of this campaign is the seeing how the girls have adjusted to this thing.

I think our basic principle that this is a free market system and that that has worked for us...

I came to Illinois all those years ago, and they will stay with me when I go to the White House in January.

Surprisingly enough, I feel right now that I'm doing what I should be doing.