someone that america trusts to do what in our heart we know needs to be done. to get washington under control. ladies and gentlemen, if you look at the candidates in this race, it's no longer a question as to who will beat barack obama. if you look at the polls today, one came out of rasmussen had president and me beating barack obama by one point [ applause ] we still have a ways to go in name recognition across this country. i'm not a household name like mitt romney or newt gingrich. we have potential to grow, to improve our standards upwardly. we don't have the high negatives. we kept this campaign on a high plain. i didn't engage in petty, personal politics.