Obama: ‘I’m Not A Democrat First, I’m An American First’

President Obama decried the partisan gridlock in Washington at a campaign stop in Ohio Thursday, calling on the audience to reach out to independents, and Republicans, and to help register voters.

‘I’m not a Democrat first, I’m an American first. I believe we rise and fall as one nation, as one people,” he said at the end of his speech. “What’s stopping us is our politics.”