We Need Independents, We Need The Gop,

Well, It's Always, Though, Safer In Politics To Avoid Risk, To Just Kind Of Go Along With The Status Quo. But I Didn't Get Into Government To Do The Safe And Easy Things. A Ship In Harbor Is Safe, But That's Not Why The Ship Is Built. Politics Isn't Just A Game Of Competing Interests And Clashing Parties. The People Of America Expect Us To Seek Public Office And To Serve For The Right Reasons. And The Right Reason Is To Challenge The Status Quo And To Serve The Common Good.

My Fellow Citizens, The American Presidency Is Not Supposed To Be A Journey Of Personal Discovery.

Let Me Ask You, Do You Love Your Freedom That You Have Here In America? Well, So Do I.

I Used To Wonder If The Occasionally Rough Edges Of Politics Were Unique Here Under The Great North Star. But I Ventured Out A Bit This Past Year, And I Tell You That, As Partisan Quarrels Go, Ours Really Aren't So Bad.

That's Right. Obama Didn't Lie To You When He Said, 'if You Like Your Plan, You Can Keep It.' Why? Because, You Sillies, You Didn't Really Like The Plan You Chose For Yourselves! No Arguing. Barack Obama Knows Best, And He'll Tell You Whether You Actually Liked Your Insurance Plan Or Not.