2012 Democratic convention live, #12

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7:50 PM PT: On vouchercare:

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher.

7:52 PM PT: Oh my:

We honor the strivers, the dreamers, the risk-takers who have always been the driving force behind our free enterprise system ' the greatest engine of growth and prosperity the world has ever known.

But we also believe in something called citizenship ' a word at the very heart of our founding, at the very essence of our democracy; the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another, and to future generations.

That's called putting the commune in communist!

7:59 PM PT:

But as I stand here tonight, I have never been more hopeful about America.  Not because I think I have all the answers.  Not because I'm naïve about the magnitude of our challenges.

I'm hopeful because of you.

8:02 PM PT: If you heard the President's speech and said to yourself, "We have to make sure people can't vote," you might be a Republican.
— @KagroX via Twitter for iPhone

8:04 PM PT: Powerful conclusion:

If you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape; that new energy can power our future; that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers; if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules, then I need you to vote this November.

America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now.  Yes, our path is harder ' but it leads to a better place.  Yes our road is longer ' but we travel it together.  We don't turn back.  We leave no one behind.  We pull each other up.  We draw strength from our victories, and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eyes fixed on that distant horizon, knowing that Providence is with us, and that we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest nation on Earth.

Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless these United States.

8:07 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): New thread here.