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Oregonians have many good reasons to be proud of our election system.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

I am very proud to come back, to speak on the disinterested effort we have made and I believe that, with all due respect, that the decisions we made, when we turned our final report over to President Johnson, will stand in history.

I am humbled and grateful for the four years the people of the state of Nevada have given me as governor and I am proud of the work we all did.

Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee. That knowledge would have made me a better legislator and a more worthy aspirant to the White House.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.

When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.

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