The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

John Kerry believes in America.

But they sense ... that with just a change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, ... They know we can do better. And they want that choice.

There is not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there is the United States of America,

Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.