And despite the slogans, we've got millions of children who are being left behind, unable to compete in a global economy [skip] aren't providing them what they need.
So in such circumstances, we can't afford to wait, we can't wait to fix our schools, we can't wait to fix our health care system, we can't wait to provide good jobs and good wages, we can't wait to deal with problems like global warming. We cannot wait to bring this war in Iraq to a close, and that's why I decided to run for president of the United States of America.
I was making a bet on you, the American people. I was betting that people were tired of the politics that was all about tearing each other down and they wanted a politics that was about lifting the country up. And I believe that people, the people were tired of spin and PR from their politicians, they wanted straight talk and honest conversation about how we're gonna change this country.