Life's Real Victories Must Be Shared.

Sarah, There's A Government Inside The Government, And I Don't Control It.

President Obama Has Offered A Plan With 4 Trillion Dollars In Debt Reduction Over A Decade, With Two And A Half Dollars Of Spending Reductions For Every One Dollar Of Revenue Increases, And Tight Controls On Future Spending. It's The Kind Of Balanced Approach Proposed By The Bipartisan Simpson-bowles Commission.

We Have A Moral Obligation To Make Sure The People Who Are Being Required To Work Have The Opportunity To Work. We Must Make Sure The Jobs Are There.

I Want To Build A Bridge To The 21st Century That Ends The Permanent Underclass, That Lifts Up The Poor And Ends Their Isolation, Their Exile, And They Are Not Forgotten Anymore.

Literacy Is Not A Luxury, It Is A Right And A Responsibility. If Our World Is To Meet The Challenges Of The Twenty-first Century We Must Harness The Energy And Creativity Of All Our Citizens.