i don t want this to be a country where a shrinking number of americans are doing real well but a growing number of people are struggling to bget by. that s not my idea of america. i want this to be a country where everybody get a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same set of rules. this country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. that s what makes us special. that s what made us an economic super power. that s what kept us at the forefront of business and science and technology and medicine and that s a commitment we have to reaffirm today in 2012. that was president obama speaking today at the university
you see, we believe in america. we believe in ourselves. our greatest days are ahead. we are afterall americans. god bless this great nation. god bless this united states of america and god bless you good people. thank you so much. thank you. [ applause ] mitt romney speaking to a very rowdy crowd of his supporters in new hampshire just moments ago having won connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and rhode island primaries tonight. mr. romney there declaring in effect the primary campaign over and ending with a new assertion. there was a time not long ago when we could walk a little taller and stand straighter because we were americans. mr. romney saying those days are not true now. he has a plan to bring them back. we ll be back with reaction to
big steppers. many americans have given up on this president but they haven t ever thought of giving up on themselves, not on each other and certainly not on america. [ applause ] in the days ahead join me, join me in the next step toward the destination of november 6th when across america we can give a sigh of relief and know that the promise of america has been kept. the dreamers can dream a little bigger. the help wanted signs can be dusted off and we can start again. this time we ll get it right. [ applause ] we will mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt,
harder for less. for every single mom who feels heartbroken when she has to explain to her kids that she needs to take a second job and won t be home as often. for grand parents who can t afford the gas to visit their grantd children anymore. for the mom and dad who never thought they would be on food stamps. for the small business owner desperately cutting back just to keep the doors open one more month, to all of the thousands of good and decent americans i ve met who want nothing more than a better chance, fighting chance. to all of you i have a simple message, hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. [ applause ]
unemployment, crushing debt and stagnant wages. i have a very different vision for america and for our future. it s an america driven by freedom where free people pursuing happiness in their own unique ways create free enterprises that employ more and more americans. because there s so many enterprises that are succeeding, the komcompetition for hard working, educated, skilled employees are intense so wages and salaries rise. i see an america with a growing middle class, with rising standards of living. i see children even more successful than their parents. some successful even beyond their wildest dreams and others congratulating them for their achievement, not attacking them for it.