Jump to main content. Jump to navigation. You know what this room feels like. It feels like four more years in here. For the next 18 days, coming here to Racine is the closest thing I'm going get to be at home in Chicago. I want to recognize a few more people as well. I know that Mayor Dickert is here, as well as Rob Zerban. Give them a round of applause. Yes, indeed!
There you go -- yes, that's their area, over there. We want her in. But most of all, I want to thank all of you for being here -- applause -- for supporting us, for being so fired up and ready to go! And I have to tell you that one of the things that makes me very excited, after hearing my husband talk about his values and his vision for this country during the debate on Tuesday -- applause -- that makes me pretty fired up and ready to go, too.
So don't tell him how much I really love him. I kind of keep that leverage. That's between you and me.
But with all that, let me tell you, that is not why I married him. That is not why I'm standing with him through all of this. I know as his wife, I've always been able to trust him.
He does what he says. He has compassion and conviction. That's why I married him. But when I first met him, one of the things I loved about Barack was that he was always so committed to serving others -- so committed that he turned down high-paying jobs, and instead, started his career working in struggling neighborhoods to get folks back to work. He was always committed to service. I loved that about him.
