It's also important that we continue to work with governments around the globe to confront what is truly a global crisis.

Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

That's not change - it's just more of the same.

Your jobs. Your health care. Your retirement. Your children's future.

I think everybody understands at this point that we are experiencing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

I want to end the tax breaks for companies that are shipping jobs overseas.

What the American people can't afford, though, is four more years of failed economic policies.

Parents are going to have to show more responsibility, they have to turn off the TV set, put away the video games and finally, start instilling that thirst for knowledge that our students need.

Well, I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people. And it is true that this is going be I think one of…

The economic crisis we face is the worst since the Great Depression.

I know these are difficult times.