for you every single day for the next for years， I will also ask you to be a part of the change that we need. Because in my two decades of public service to this country， I have seen time and time again that real change doesn t begin in the halls of Washington， but on the streets of America. It doesn t happen from the top？down， it happens from the bottom？up.

I also know that real change has never been easy， and it won t be easy this time either. The status quo in Washington will fight harder than they ever have to divide us and distract us with ads and attacks from now until November.

But don t ever forget that you have the power to change this country.

You can make this election about how we re going to help those workers in Logansport； how we re going to re？train them， and educate them， and make our workforce competitive in a global economy.

You can make this election about how we re going to make health care affordable for that family in North Carolina； how we re going to help those families sitting around the kitchen table tonight pay their bills and stay in their homes.

You can make this election about how we plan to leave our children and all children a planet that s safer and a world that still sees America the same way my father saw it from across the ocean as a beacon of all that is good and all that is possible for all mankind.

It is now our turn to follow in the footsteps of all those generations who sacrificed and struggled and faced down the greatest odds to per