The fact that we are in this mess is an outrage.

We cannot wait to help Americans keep up with rising costs and shrinking paychecks by giving our workers a middle-class tax cut.

There will be time to punish those who set this fire.

There's plenty of blame to go around. Many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis, because it affects the financial well-being of every single American.

There's plenty of blame to go around; and many in Washington and Wall Street deserve it. All of us now have a responsibility to solve this crisis because it affects the financial well-being of every single American.

This crisis is a direct result of a philosophy that the people who've been running Washington, for the last eight years, have been following.

It is time to reform Washington.

We meet here at a time of great uncertainty for America.

We have a different way of measuring the fundamentals of our economy.

We need a President who will change this economy so that it finally works for your family.

I am running for President because we simply cannot afford four more years of an economic philosophy that works for Wall Street instead of Main Street.