Barack Obama

here in florida __PUNCT__ less than two month befor elect_dai __PUNCT__ i know you all been hear a lot about polit __PUNCT__

and we all know how import women will be in determin the outcom of thi elect __PUNCT__

but as i stand here with all of you __PUNCT__ i know thi isn't just about polit for me __PUNCT__

thi is person __PUNCT__

becaus i come here todai not just as a candid for presid __PUNCT__ but as a son __PUNCT__ a grandson __PUNCT__ a husband and a father who seen firsthand __PUNCT__ throughout my life __PUNCT__ the challeng so mani women face everi dai in thi countri __PUNCT__

grow up __PUNCT__ i saw my mother struggl to put herself through school and rais me and my sister on her own __PUNCT__

she onc had to turn to food_stamp __PUNCT__ but thank to student_loan __PUNCT__ scholarship and a lot of hard_work __PUNCT__ her kid could attend some of the best school in the countri __PUNCT__

i think women like her who work_hard and pour everyth thei got into their kid should be abl to pai the bill and get ahead for a chang __PUNCT__ that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

i saw my grandmoth __PUNCT__ who help rais me __PUNCT__ work her wai up from the secretari pool to middl manag at a bank __PUNCT__

but i also saw her hit a glass_ceil __PUNCT__ as men no more qualifi than she wa move up the corpor ladder ahead of her __PUNCT__

i think women like her should be paid fairli and have the same chanc to succe as everyon els __PUNCT__ that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

i seen my wife __PUNCT__ michel __PUNCT__ the rock of the obama famili __PUNCT__ juggl work and parent with more skill and grace than anyon i know __PUNCT__

but i seen how it torn at her __PUNCT__

how sometim __PUNCT__ when she with the girl __PUNCT__ she worri about work __PUNCT__ and when she at work __PUNCT__ she worri about the girl __PUNCT__

it a feel i share everi dai __PUNCT__ especi these dai __PUNCT__ when i awai so much __PUNCT__ out on the campaign_trail __PUNCT__

and i think it should be a littl easier for parent in thi countri to rais their kid and do their job __PUNCT__ that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

i know how hard the women of thi countri ar work __PUNCT__

i know the anxieti so mani of you ar feel right now __PUNCT__ as we stand in the midst of the most seriou financi_crisi of our time __PUNCT__

we seen three of america five largest invest_bank bank_fail or be sold off in distress __PUNCT__

our hous_market is in shambl __PUNCT__ and mondai brought the worst loss on wall_street sinc the dai after __DATE__ __PUNCT__

everywher you look __PUNCT__ the econom new is troubl __PUNCT__

but for so mani of you __PUNCT__ it isn't realli new at all __PUNCT__

you seen your home valu fall __PUNCT__ ga_price price_rise __PUNCT__ and bill pile up month after month __PUNCT__

so you work longer hour __PUNCT__ or work more than on job just to get by __PUNCT__

and then there ar the job you do onc the workdai end __PUNCT__

job like pai the bill __PUNCT__ bui the groceri __PUNCT__ make the dinner __PUNCT__ do the laundri __PUNCT__ enforc the bedtim __PUNCT__ the job you don't get paid for __PUNCT__ but that hold our famili togeth __PUNCT__

job that still __PUNCT__ even in the year___NUM__ too often fall to women __PUNCT__

so i know these ar difficult dai __PUNCT__

but here what i also know __PUNCT__

i know we can steer ourselv out of thi econom_crisi __PUNCT__

that who we ar __PUNCT__

that what we alwai done as american __PUNCT__

our nation ha face difficult_time befor __PUNCT__

and at each of those moment __PUNCT__ we risen to meet the challeng becaus we never forgotten that fundament truth __PUNCT__ that here in america __PUNCT__ our destini is not written for us __PUNCT__ but by us __PUNCT__

but anoth thing i know is that we can't steer ourselv out of thi crisi by head in the same __PUNCT__ disastr direct __PUNCT__

we can't chang direct with a new driver who want to follow the same old map __PUNCT__

and that what thi elect is all about __PUNCT__

yesterdai __PUNCT__ my oppon __PUNCT__ senat_mccain __PUNCT__ gave a speech in which hi big solut to thi worldwid econom_crisi wa to blame me for it __PUNCT__

thi is a gui who spent a quarter_centuri in washington __PUNCT__

and after spend the entir campaign sai i haven't been in washington long enough __PUNCT__ he appar now is will to assign me respons for all of washington failur __PUNCT__

i think it pretti_clear that senat_mccain is a littl panick __PUNCT__ and that at thi point __PUNCT__ he is will to sai anyth __PUNCT__ do anyth __PUNCT__ chang ani posit __PUNCT__ violat ani principl to try and win thi elect __PUNCT__

and that is sad to see __PUNCT__

that not the polit we need __PUNCT__

so let be clear __PUNCT__

there onli on candid who __PUNCT__ just thi week __PUNCT__ said a line he repeat __NUM___time on thi campaign __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ the fundament of our economi ar strong __PUNCT__

there onli on candid who call himself __PUNCT__ fundament a deregul __PUNCT__ when deregul is part of the problem __PUNCT__

my oppon actual wrote in the current issu of a health_care magazin __PUNCT__ the current issu __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ open up the health_insur insur_market to more vigor nationwid competit __PUNCT__ as we have done over the last decad in bank __PUNCT__ would provid more choic of innov product less burden by the worst excess of state __PUNCT__ base regul __PUNCT__

so let me get thi straight __PUNCT__ he want to run health_care like thei been run wall_street __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ i know some folk on main_street who aren't go to think that a good_idea __PUNCT__

there onli on candid whose choic for treasuri_secretari is a man who think we in a __PUNCT__ mental recess __PUNCT__ and ha call the unit_state of america a __PUNCT__ quot __PUNCT__ nation of whiner __PUNCT__

there onli on candid whose campaign is be run by seven of washington most power lobbyist __PUNCT__

and folk __PUNCT__ it isn't me __PUNCT__

i don't take a dime from washington_lobbyist and special_interest __PUNCT__

thei do not run my campaign __PUNCT__

thei will not run my white_hous __PUNCT__

and thei will not drown out the voic of the american_peopl when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

so when john_mccain sai that lobbyist __PUNCT__ won't even get past the front gate __PUNCT__ at hi white_hous __PUNCT__ my question is __PUNCT__ who go to stop them __PUNCT__

those seven lobbyist __PUNCT__

hi campaign_manag __PUNCT__

the econom advisor __PUNCT__ who got a __MONEY___million golden parachut when she wa fire as a ceo __PUNCT__

or mayb the __NUM__ advisor and fundrais who lobbi for fanni_mae and freddi_mac __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ give me a break __PUNCT__

the same_dai my oppon attack me for be associ with a fanni_mae gui i talk to for mayb __NUM___minut in my entir life __PUNCT__ the same_dai he did that __PUNCT__ the head of the lobbi shop at fanni_mae turn around and said wait a minut __PUNCT__ when i see photograph of senat_mccain staff __PUNCT__ it look to me like the team of lobbyist who us to report to me __PUNCT__

folk __PUNCT__ you can't make thi stuff up __PUNCT__

so when you hear john_mccain talk about take on the ol __PUNCT__ boi network in washington __PUNCT__ know thi __PUNCT__ on the mccain_campaign __PUNCT__ that call a staff meet __PUNCT__

at thi defin moment __PUNCT__ when the stake could not be higher __PUNCT__ we need real chang __PUNCT__ chang that more than just a slogan __PUNCT__ chang that actual make a differ in peopl_live __PUNCT__

and that the kind of chang i bring to washington when i presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

the other dai __PUNCT__ i laid out a few princip for a plan that would establish a real and perman solut to our econom_crisi __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we have to make sure that whatev plan our govern come up with work not just for wall_street __PUNCT__ but for main_street __PUNCT__

we have to make sure it help folk cope with rise_price __PUNCT__ and spark job_creation __PUNCT__ and help homeown stai in their home __PUNCT__

that the kind of help folk need right now __PUNCT__

we also have to make sure that ani plan we come up with is temporari and restor tough oversight and account on wall_street __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ i want to make sure that we not reward some of the veri ceo who help caus thi mess __PUNCT__

we not go to stand for that __PUNCT__

but if we seriou about put our economi on a firmer foot and lift up our hardwork famili __PUNCT__ there ar some addit chang we go to have to make __PUNCT__ as well __PUNCT__

becaus it an outrag that women ar still make __NUM___cent for everi dollar that men make in thi countri __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ my oppon actual oppos legisl to help women get equal pai __PUNCT__

becaus __PUNCT__ in hi view __PUNCT__ the reason women aren't be paid fairli isn't discrimin on the job __PUNCT__ it becaus thei need more educ and train __PUNCT__

that isn't chang __PUNCT__

chang is final close that pai gap __PUNCT__

it unaccept that women in thi countri ar lose thousand of dollar each year __PUNCT__ monei you could us for ga or groceri or colleg_tuition __PUNCT__

thi isn't just an econom_issu for million of american_famili __PUNCT__ it about our most fundament valu as a nation __PUNCT__ that we treat peopl fairli __PUNCT__ that we reward hard_work __PUNCT__ and there ar no second class citizen in our workplac __PUNCT__

that why i help pass a law in illinoi to give __NUM__ more women protect from paycheck discrimin __PUNCT__

that why i co __PUNCT__ sponsor legisl in the u. __PUNCT__ senat to make it easier for women to challeng pai discrimin __PUNCT__

and that why i won't give up until women in thi countri ar paid what thei earn __PUNCT__ and not a penni less __PUNCT__

that what chang is __PUNCT__

chang isn't a presid who think roe vs __PUNCT__ wade is a flaw decis and whose parti_platform outlaw abort __PUNCT__ even in case of rape and incest __PUNCT__

chang is a presid who will stand up for choic __PUNCT__ who understand that five men on the suprem_court don't know better than women and their doctor what best for a woman health __PUNCT__

that why i fought so hard in illinoi and in washington to stop law that would restrict choic __PUNCT__

that why i commit to appoint judg who understand how law oper in our daili_live __PUNCT__ judg who will uphold the valu at the core of our constitut __PUNCT__

and that why i will never back down in defend a woman right to choos __PUNCT__

chang mean refus to accept an america where stai_home with a new babi is treat as an unpaid vacat __PUNCT__ and take time off to take a sick parent to the hospit is a fireabl offens __PUNCT__

chang mean make sure peopl have paid sick dai and tax_credit to help with childcar __PUNCT__ and expand the famili and medic leav act to help million of peopl care for their kid and their parent and particip in school activ like parent __PUNCT__ teacher confer and assembl __PUNCT__

becaus no matter what you do for a live __PUNCT__ we can all agre that rais our kid and take care of our famili is the most import job we have __PUNCT__

chang mean keep the promis of afford __PUNCT__ access health_care for everi singl american __PUNCT__

under my plan __PUNCT__ if you have health_insur __PUNCT__ noth chang for you __PUNCT__ except that my plan will lower your health_care_cost __PUNCT__

if you don't __PUNCT__ you be abl to get the same_kind of coverag that member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

and i stop insur_compani from discrimin against those who ar sick and need care the most __PUNCT__

thi is person to me __PUNCT__

my mother di of ovarian cancer at the ag of __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and i will never forget her ly in a hospit bed __PUNCT__ in her final month __PUNCT__ fight with the insur compani over whether thei cover her treatment becaus thei claim cancer wa a pre __PUNCT__ exist condit __PUNCT__

that wrong __PUNCT__ it not who we ar __PUNCT__ and we go to put an end to it __PUNCT__

chang mean have a vice_presid who spent hi career work to improv women live __PUNCT__

joe_biden wrote the violenc against women act so we final treat domest_violenc like the heinou crime that it is __PUNCT__

and in case you were wonder __PUNCT__ john_mccain vote against that legisl __PUNCT__

as someon who rais small kid on hi own __PUNCT__ and took the train home everi night from washington to delawar to tuck those kid into bed __PUNCT__ joe_biden also know firsthand what it mean to juggl work and famili __PUNCT__

and you won't find a stronger champion for a woman right to choos than joe biden __PUNCT__

so i proud to have him by my side in thi campaign __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ chang mean build an economi that reward work __PUNCT__ creat_job you can rais a famili on __PUNCT__ and give each of us the chanc to get ahead __PUNCT__

and let me tell you __PUNCT__ when it come to the econom_polici we pursu __PUNCT__ senat_mccain and i couldn't be more differ __PUNCT__

john_mccain vote nineteen time against rais the minimum_wage __PUNCT__ i rais it __PUNCT__

he vote against head_start __PUNCT__ against hire new teacher __PUNCT__ against pell_grant __PUNCT__

i invest in earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__ and recruit an armi of new teacher to our school __PUNCT__ and provid a __MONEY__ tuition tax_credit to help make colleg afford for ani middl_class student who will to serv their commun or their countri __PUNCT__

you invest in america __PUNCT__ america invest in you __PUNCT__ and togeth __PUNCT__ we move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

he want to give tax_break to oil_compani and compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ i want to give a tax_break to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of all work_famili and creat_job here at home by invest in renew_energi __PUNCT__

and don't be fool by the tire old attack my oppon is launch __PUNCT__

he doesn't want you to know thi __PUNCT__ but under my plan __PUNCT__ tax_rate will actual be lower than thei were under ronald_reagan __PUNCT__

if you make less than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ you will not see your tax_increas on singl dime __PUNCT__

not on dime __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ i offer three time the tax_relief for middl __PUNCT__ class_famili as senat_mccain doe __PUNCT__ becaus in an economi like thi __PUNCT__ the last thing we should do is rais_tax on the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__

and i protect social_secur __PUNCT__ while john_mccain want to privat it __PUNCT__

without social_secur half of elderli women would be live in poverti __PUNCT__ half __PUNCT__

but if my oppon had hi wai __PUNCT__ the million of floridian who reli on it would had their social secur ti up in the stock_market thi week __PUNCT__

million would watch as the market tumbl and their nest_egg disappear befor their ey __PUNCT__

million of famili would been scrambl to figur out how to give their mother and father __PUNCT__ their grandmoth and grandfath __PUNCT__ the secur retir that everi american deserv __PUNCT__

so i know senat_mccain is talk about a __PUNCT__ casino cultur __PUNCT__ on wall_street __PUNCT__ but the fact is __PUNCT__ he the on who want to gambl with your life_save __PUNCT__

so let be clear __PUNCT__ when i presid __PUNCT__ we not go to gambl with social_secur __PUNCT__

we not go to gambl with your abil to retir with digniti after a lifetim of hard_work __PUNCT__

we go to strengthen and protect social_secur so it a safeti_net our famili can count on __PUNCT__ todai __PUNCT__ tomorrow and alwai __PUNCT__

florida __PUNCT__ the stake couldn't be higher __PUNCT__

the choic couldn't be clearer __PUNCT__

but still __PUNCT__ we know that bring the chang we need won't be easi __PUNCT__

we know we up against a power __PUNCT__ entrench statu_quo in washington that will sai anyth and do anyth and fight with everyth thei got to keep thing just the wai thei ar __PUNCT__

but i think we up for the challeng __PUNCT__

we alwai have been __PUNCT__

that why i stand here todai __PUNCT__

becaus of what my mother and grandmoth did for me __PUNCT__ becaus of their hard_work and sacrific and unflag love __PUNCT__

that why all of us ar here todai __PUNCT__ becaus of the women who came befor us __PUNCT__

women who reach for the ballot and rais famili and travel those lone road to be the first on in those boardroom and courtroom and battlefield and factori floor __PUNCT__

women like my friend hillari_clinton who put those __NUM___million crack in that glass_ceil so that my daughter __PUNCT__ and all our son and daughter __PUNCT__ could dream a littl bigger and reach a littl higher __PUNCT__

now it our turn __PUNCT__

it our turn to make those sacrific so the next gener doesn't have to __PUNCT__

our turn to open the door of opportun that our daughter and granddaught will on dai walk through __PUNCT__

our turn to fulfil the promis of thi great_nation that each of us __PUNCT__ no matter what our background or where we come from __PUNCT__ each of us ha the chanc to make it if we try __PUNCT__

that what i think about whenev i get the chanc to tuck my girl in at night __PUNCT__

how i want them __PUNCT__ and all our daughter __PUNCT__ to have no limit on their dream __PUNCT__ no obstacl to their achiev __PUNCT__ no goal beyond their reach __PUNCT__

how i want them to have opportun their mother and grandmoth never could imagin __PUNCT__

and i hope you join me __PUNCT__

i hope you walk with me so that we can turn the page on the fail polici of the past __PUNCT__

and if you make that commit __PUNCT__ if you knock on door and make those call and talk to your neighbor and give me your vote on __DATE__ __PUNCT__ then togeth __PUNCT__ we won't just win an elect __PUNCT__ we will transform thi nation __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__