( cheers and applause )

IF THERE IS ANYONEOUT THERE TONIGHT

WHO STILL DOUBTSTHAT AMERICA IS A PLACE

WHERE ALL THINGSARE POSSIBLE.

WHO STILL WONDERS IFTHE DREAM OF OUR FOUNDERS

IS ALIVE IN OUR TIME

WHO STILL QUESTIONSTHE POWER OF OUR DEMOCRACY...

TONIGHT ISYOUR ANSWER.

YEAH !

OBAMA !

WOO-HOOO !

WE DID IT,WE F-ING DID IT !

YEAH !

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIMECOMING BUT TONIGHT,

BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DID ONTHIS DATE IN THIS ELECTION

AT THIS DEFINING MOMENT

CHANGE HAS COMETO AMERICA.

YEAH !YEAH OBAMA !

CHANGE !IT'S CHANGEEEEE !

SASHA AND MALIA I LOVE YOU BOTHMORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

AND YOU HAVE EARNEDTHE NEW PUPPY

THAT'S COMING WITH USTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

WE WILL NAME HIM"SPARKLES".

HE'S SO AWESOME !

HE'S SO PERFECTAND AWESOME !

WHERE WE ARE METWITH CYNICISM AND DOUBT

AND THOSE WHO TELL USTHAT WE CAN'T.

WE WILL RESPOND WITHTHAT TIMELESS CREED

THAT SUMS UP THESPIRIT OF A PEOPLE.

YES WE CAN.

( crowd )YES WE CAN !

YES I CAN !

YES I CAN !

HERE COMESTHE CHANGE EVERYBODY !