Barack Obama

it great to be back in oregon __PUNCT__

over the last fifteen month __PUNCT__ we travel to everi corner of the unit_state __PUNCT__

now i know that if you listen to washington or pai_attent to the pundit __PUNCT__ you hear a lot about how divid we ar as a peopl __PUNCT__

but that not what i found as i travel across thi great_countri __PUNCT__

everywher i go __PUNCT__ i been impress by the valu and hope that we share __PUNCT__

in big_citi and small_town __PUNCT__ among men and women __PUNCT__ young and old __PUNCT__ black __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ and brown __PUNCT__ american share a faith in simpl dream __PUNCT__

a job with wage that can support a famili __PUNCT__

health_care that we can count on and afford __PUNCT__

a retir that is dignifi and secur __PUNCT__

educ and opportun for our kid __PUNCT__

common hope __PUNCT__

american_dream __PUNCT__

that why thi elect is so import __PUNCT__

becaus for far too mani american __PUNCT__ those hope and dream ar slip awai __PUNCT__

we just came through the first period of sustain_econom econom_growth sinc world_war_ii that saw incom drop __PUNCT__

peopl ar work_harder for less __PUNCT__

you pai more for ga __PUNCT__ and groceri __PUNCT__ and tuition __PUNCT__

million of famili ar face foreclosur __PUNCT__

we alreadi lost hundr of thousand of job thi year __PUNCT__

to be sure __PUNCT__ some of these problem ar a result of chang in our economi that no on can control __PUNCT__

but instead of help __PUNCT__ washington polici have made it wors __PUNCT__

instead of expand opportun for work_peopl __PUNCT__ we tri to grow our economi from the top down __PUNCT__ and eventu that pain trickl up __PUNCT__

instead of make sure that peopl can live their dream on main_street __PUNCT__ we tilt the scale for special_interest and wall_street __PUNCT__

instead of sai __PUNCT__ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__ as american __PUNCT__ washington ha sent a messag that sai __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

john_mccain ha serv hi countri with honor __PUNCT__ and i respect that servic __PUNCT__

but it wa dead wrong when he said recent that he think our economi ha made __PUNCT__ great progress __PUNCT__ under georg_bush __PUNCT__

is there anyon outsid of washington d.c __PUNCT__ who could truli believ that __PUNCT__ do you __PUNCT__ senat_mccain is run for presid to doubl down on georg_bush fail polici __PUNCT__

i am run to chang them __PUNCT__ and that will be the fundament differ in thi elect when i am the democrat_nomine for presid __PUNCT__

we have a differ on tax __PUNCT__

john_mccain want to continu georg_bush bush_tax_cut for the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ i want to give a tax cut to work_peopl __PUNCT__

i admir senat_mccain when he said he could not __PUNCT__ in good conscienc __PUNCT__ support the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__

but now __PUNCT__ as the republican_nomine __PUNCT__ he fulli embrac them __PUNCT__

he want to give a perman tax_cut to the wealthiest american who don't need them and didn't ask for them while work_peopl ar struggl __PUNCT__

and for all hi talk about fiscal_respons __PUNCT__ he propos __MONEY___billion in tax_cut without ani word about how he pai for him __PUNCT__

that exactli the kind of attitud that ha shift the burden on to the middl_class __PUNCT__ and mortgag our children futur on a mountain of debt __PUNCT__

i think it time to restor fair and respons to our tax_code __PUNCT__

we need to reward work __PUNCT__ not just wealth __PUNCT__

we need to stop give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ and put a tax_cut in the pocket of middl_class class_american __PUNCT__

that why i propos a __PUNCT__ make work pai __PUNCT__ tax_credit of up to __MONEY__ for worker __PUNCT__ and __MONEY__ for work_famili __PUNCT__

thi will cut_tax for __NUM___million_american __PUNCT__

it will help you deal with rise_cost __PUNCT__ and give our economi a boost by eas the burden on main_street __PUNCT__

we have a differ on health_care __PUNCT__

john_mccain want to continu a georg_bush bush_approach that onli take care of the healthi and the wealthi __PUNCT__ that allow insur_compani to discrimin and deni coverag to those american who need it most __PUNCT__

thi is exactli the kind of approach that ha left out ten of million of american __PUNCT__

it why you ar struggl with rise_cost __PUNCT__

and it why we have fail to solv our health_care crisi year after year after year __PUNCT__

i think it time to final_make health_care afford and access for everi american __PUNCT__

we need to stand up to the insur_compani and the drug_compani __PUNCT__

we need to bring american togeth __PUNCT__

and we need to pass a plan that lower everi famili premium __PUNCT__ and give everi uninsur american the same_kind of coverag that member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

we have a differ on ga_price __PUNCT__

john_mccain ha embrac a ga tax gimmick that __PUNCT__ when it said and done __PUNCT__ will save you less than thirti dollar thi summer __PUNCT__

thi is a classic washington fix that more about get john mccain through an elect than solv your problem __PUNCT__

it will put more monei in the pocket of the oil_compani __PUNCT__

it bad for our environ __PUNCT__

and it won't bring own ga_price over the long_term __PUNCT__ most economist think it will send those price up __PUNCT__

i believ we ow the american_peopl the truth __PUNCT__

that why my plan to lower ga_price rais fuel_effici standard on car __PUNCT__ invest in altern_energi to end our addict to oil __PUNCT__ and creat million of new green_job while save our planet in the bargain __PUNCT__

that the kind of chang we need in washington __PUNCT__

we have a fundament differ on our prioriti for the presid __PUNCT__

john_mccain want to continu georg_bush bush_war in iraq __PUNCT__ lose thousand of live and spend ten of billion of dollar a month to fight a war that isn't make us safer __PUNCT__

i want to end thi war __PUNCT__

i want to invest that monei in america __PUNCT__ in our road and bridg and port __PUNCT__

and i want to invest in million of green_job __PUNCT__ so that we final develop renew_energi __PUNCT__ end our addict to oil __PUNCT__ bring those ga_price down __PUNCT__ and save our planet in the bargain __PUNCT__

there will be real differ on the ballot in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

and that what elect should be about __PUNCT__

john_mccain will stand with washington tri and fail approach of the past __PUNCT__ i will stand with the american_peopl on behalf of a new direct for work_peopl __PUNCT__

becaus i believ it time for america to onc again be a place where you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

i believ it time for washington to work for your hope __PUNCT__ for your dream __PUNCT__

that the choic i offer in thi campaign __PUNCT__

and that what i do everi dai as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__