Barack Obama

wherev i go __PUNCT__ i talk about how we need to bring about real chang in thi countri __PUNCT__

and few understand the need for chang as well as folk here in michigan __PUNCT__

becaus while we been talk about a recess in thi countri for a few month now __PUNCT__ michigan ha been live it for a veri long_time __PUNCT__

michigan ha the highest unemploy_rate in the nation and worker and commun across thi state have been struggl for year with the downturn that all of america is feel todai __PUNCT__

in fair __PUNCT__ some of these challeng ar the product of larger forc beyond the control of govern __PUNCT__

but there is no doubt that the bush econom_polici have done littl to help the work_famili of michigan or build a better futur for america __PUNCT__

that is __PUNCT__ in larg_part __PUNCT__ what thi elect in __DATE__ will be all about __PUNCT__

becaus senat_mccain sai we have made __PUNCT__ and thi is a quot __PUNCT__ great progress econom __PUNCT__ these past eight year __PUNCT__ and he promis more of the same __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i couldn't disagre more __PUNCT__

sinc georg_bush took offic __PUNCT__ we gone through the first period of sustain_econom econom_growth sinc world_war_ii in which the incom of american_worker have actual drop __PUNCT__

__NUM___million more american don't have health_care __PUNCT__

__NUM___million more american ar out of work __PUNCT__

million of famili ar face foreclosur __PUNCT__

you work_harder for less __PUNCT__ and pai more for tuition __PUNCT__ more for groceri __PUNCT__ and more at the pump __PUNCT__

to me __PUNCT__ thi isn't __PUNCT__ great progress __PUNCT__

thi is a caus for concern and an impetu for chang __PUNCT__

yet senat_mccain want to doubl down on the bush econom_plan __PUNCT__

rather than reform an unfair tax_system and offer the middl_class some relief __PUNCT__ he offer more tax loophol for corpor and the wealthi we just can't afford __PUNCT__

rather than make health_care afford for everi american __PUNCT__ like i propos __PUNCT__ he offer a health_care_plan that put coverag at risk and that design for folk who ar alreadi healthi and abl to afford health care at ani price __PUNCT__

and rather than stand up for robust trade that work for all american __PUNCT__ as i do __PUNCT__ he support more trade_deal that work for wall_street __PUNCT__ but not for main_street __PUNCT__

but understand __PUNCT__ there a reason the problem we face_todai ar so much bigger than thei were sever year_ago __PUNCT__

a big_part of it is that georg_bush and john_mccain have been so focus on pursu a flaw and costli war in iraq that thei lost_sight of our mount problem here at home __PUNCT__

instead of work to fix our economi and lift up hardwork famili __PUNCT__ thei fought to extend a war that cost thousand of live and billion of dollar without make us ani safer __PUNCT__ a war that ha strengthen our enemi and distract us from the real battl with osama_bin ladin in afghanistan and pakistan __PUNCT__

just to put thi in perspect __PUNCT__ for what taxpay here in oakland counti have spent in iraq __PUNCT__ you could be provid health_care for nearli __NUM___peopl __PUNCT__ or offer more than __NUM__ colleg scholarship for michigan student __PUNCT__ or hire more than __NUM__ elementari_school school_teacher __PUNCT__

and now it seem like all senat_mccain is talk about on the campaign_trail is iraq __PUNCT__ instead of offer real_solut to the problem you face everi dai __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ senat_mccain conced not long_ago that he didn't know much about the economi __PUNCT__

that not hi interest __PUNCT__

that not hi prioriti __PUNCT__

but it will be mine __PUNCT__

i want to end a war that cost america __MONEY___billion a month and begin to make the critic invest we need to get our own countri move again __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

ar we go to continu the fail bush __PUNCT__ mccain econom_polici and remain mire in an endless and costli conflict in iraq __PUNCT__ or will we chang cours __PUNCT__ and focu on the problem that work_famili in michigan and across america ar face everi dai __PUNCT__

i believ strongli that we ar on the wrong path __PUNCT__ and that we need new prioriti and a new direct and that is why i run for presid or the unit_state __PUNCT__