Via the pool report:

Obama said he’s going back to Galesburg, Ill., where he will talk about leaving behind distractions and phony politics and get back to basics. Will be the kickoff of many months of getting people and press to focus on economy.

“It will be a pretty good speech,” he said, but he said he’s given good speeches before and things have still gotten stuck.

Question is how to keep people involved, don’t have $1 billion to campaign. How to create active thriving middle class.

Will need people to stay involved with immigration, climate change and Affordable Care Act. What you do day-to-day, away from TV cameras, will make the difference.

It’s about citizenship. He said he has a little over 1,200 days left in office, will spend every waking moment thinking about ideas that will help.