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No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected.

I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.

I'm an optimistic person.

George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature, but he also understood the importance of always communicating a sense that things will get better.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

I'm a generally optimistic person.

Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic?

I was always a very happy, optimistic person.