Barack Obama

hello __PUNCT__ richmond __PUNCT__ it great to be back in virginia __PUNCT__

and in just __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ we can final bring the chang we need to washington __PUNCT__

that the good new __PUNCT__

but we go to have to work __PUNCT__ and struggl __PUNCT__ and fight for everi singl on of those __NUM__ dai to move our countri in a new direct __PUNCT__

i am hope about the outcom __PUNCT__

we were thrill thi weekend when a great_american statesman __PUNCT__ gener colin_powel __PUNCT__ join our caus __PUNCT__

but we cannot let up __PUNCT__

and we won't __PUNCT__

becaus on thing we know is that chang never come without a fight __PUNCT__

in the final_dai of campaign __PUNCT__ the sai __PUNCT__ anyth __PUNCT__ do __PUNCT__ anyth polit too often take over __PUNCT__

we seen it befor __PUNCT__

and we see it again todai __PUNCT__

the ugli phone_call __PUNCT__

the mislead mail and tv_ad __PUNCT__

the careless __PUNCT__ outrag comment __PUNCT__

all aim at keep us from work togeth __PUNCT__ all aim at stop chang __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ what we need now is not mislead charg and divis attack __PUNCT__

what we need is honest leadership and real chang __PUNCT__ and that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ more than ever __PUNCT__ thi campaign ha to be about the problem_face the american_peopl __PUNCT__ becaus thi is a moment of great uncertainti for america __PUNCT__

the econom_crisi we face is the worst sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

busi larg and small ar find it imposs to get loan __PUNCT__ which mean thei can't bui new equip __PUNCT__ or hire new worker __PUNCT__ or even make payrol for the worker thei have __PUNCT__

we lost more than __NUM___job thi year __PUNCT__

wage ar lower than thei been in a decad __PUNCT__ at a time when the cost of health_care and colleg have never been higher __PUNCT__

it get harder and harder to make the mortgag __PUNCT__ or fill up your ga tank __PUNCT__ or even keep the electr on at the end of the month __PUNCT__

at thi rate __PUNCT__ the question isn't just __PUNCT__ ar you better off than you were four year_ago __PUNCT__ it __PUNCT__ ar you better off than you were four week_ago __PUNCT__

so i know these ar difficult_time __PUNCT__

i know folk ar worri __PUNCT__

but i believ that we can steer ourselv out of thi crisi becaus i believ in thi countri __PUNCT__

becaus i believ in you __PUNCT__

i believ in the american_peopl __PUNCT__

we ar the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we ar a nation that face down war and depress __PUNCT__ great_challeng and great threat __PUNCT__

and at each and everi moment __PUNCT__ we have risen to meet these challeng __PUNCT__ not as democrat __PUNCT__ not as republican __PUNCT__ but as american __PUNCT__

with resolv __PUNCT__

with confid __PUNCT__

with that fundament belief that here in america __PUNCT__ our destini is not written for us __PUNCT__ but by us __PUNCT__

that who we ar __PUNCT__ and that the countri we need to be right now __PUNCT__

but virginia __PUNCT__ i know thi __PUNCT__

it will take a new direct __PUNCT__

it will take new leadership in washington __PUNCT__

it will take a real chang in the polici and polit of the last eight year __PUNCT__

and that what thi elect is all about __PUNCT__

now my oppon is do hi best to chang the subject and try to distract attent from the economi __PUNCT__

senat_mccain mccain_campaign actual said a coupl of week_ago that thei were go to launch a seri of attack on my charact becaus __PUNCT__ thei said __PUNCT__ if we keep talk about the economi __PUNCT__ we go to lose __PUNCT__

and that a promis my oppon ha kept __PUNCT__

he been on the attack __PUNCT__

that what you do when you ar out of idea __PUNCT__ out of touch __PUNCT__ and run out of time __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ here what my oppon doesn't seem to understand __PUNCT__

with the economi in turmoil and the american_dream at risk __PUNCT__ the american_peopl don't want to hear politician attack each other __PUNCT__ you want to hear about how we go to attack the challeng_face middl_class class_famili each and everi dai __PUNCT__

that what i talk about in thi campaign __PUNCT__

that what i do as presid __PUNCT__

becaus i can take two more week of john_mccain attack __PUNCT__ but the american_peopl can't take four more year of the same fail polici and the same fail polit __PUNCT__

it time to turn the page on eight year of econom_polici that put wall_street befor main_street but end up hurt both __PUNCT__

we need polici that grow our economi from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__ so that everi american __PUNCT__ everywher __PUNCT__ ha the chanc to get ahead __PUNCT__

not just the person who own the factori __PUNCT__ but the men and women who work on it floor __PUNCT__

becaus if we learn anyth from thi econom_crisi __PUNCT__ it that we all connect __PUNCT__ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__ and we will rise or fall as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

the rescu plan that pass the congress wa a necessari first step to eas thi credit crisi __PUNCT__ but if we go to rebuild thi economi from the bottom up __PUNCT__ we need an immedi rescu plan for the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__ and that what i will do as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

nine month_ago __PUNCT__ i call for a stimulu_plan to provid immedi relief for state __PUNCT__ along with tax rebat to get monei directli to middl_class class_famili and a foreclosur prevent fund to help peopl keep their home __PUNCT__

senat_mccain advisor openli mock the stimulu_plan befor congress __PUNCT__ on refer to it __PUNCT__ and i quot __PUNCT__ as __PUNCT__ borrow_monei from the chines and drop it from helicopt __PUNCT__

anoth dismiss it as __PUNCT__ junk __PUNCT__

yesterdai __PUNCT__ after nine straight month of job_loss __PUNCT__ with our feder_reserv chairman support anoth stimulu to get our economi move __PUNCT__ senat_mccain fail to get behind a bipartisan plan for a stimulu __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ the hard_work work_famili who been hard hit by thi econom_crisi __PUNCT__ folk who can't pai their mortgag or their medic_bill or send their kid to colleg __PUNCT__ thei can't afford to go to the back of the line behind ceo and wall_street_bank __PUNCT__

thei need help right here __PUNCT__ right now __PUNCT__ and that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

i propos a new american_job tax_credit for each new employe that compani hire here in the unit_state over the next two year __PUNCT__

and i stop give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea and invest in compani that creat good_job right here in virginia

i help small_busi get back on their feet by elimin capit_gain gain_tax and give them emerg loan to keep their door_open and hire_worker __PUNCT__

i put a three __PUNCT__ month moratorium on foreclosur so that we give homeown the breath room thei need to get back on their feet __PUNCT__

and i will creat a job and growth fund to help state and local_govern save on million_job and pai for health_care and educ without have to rais your tax __PUNCT__

these ar the step that we must take __PUNCT__ right now __PUNCT__ to start get our economi back on track __PUNCT__

but we also need a new set of prioriti to grow our economi and creat_job over the long __PUNCT__ term __PUNCT__

it start with tax_relief __PUNCT__

there been a lot of talk about tax in thi campaign __PUNCT__

and the truth is __PUNCT__ my oppon and i ar both propos tax_cut __PUNCT__

the differ is __PUNCT__ he want to give a __MONEY__ tax cut to the averag fortun___NUM__ ceo __PUNCT__

i want to put a middl_class tax_cut in the pocket of __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of worker and their famili __PUNCT__

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

it true that i want to roll_back the bush_tax_cut on the wealthiest american and go back to the rate thei paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

john_mccain call that social __PUNCT__

what he forget is that just a few year_ago __PUNCT__ he himself said those bush_tax_cut were irrespons __PUNCT__

he said he couldn't __PUNCT__ in good conscienc __PUNCT__ support a tax cut where the benefit went to the wealthi at the expens of __PUNCT__ middl_class class_american who most need tax_relief __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ he wa right then __PUNCT__ and i am right now __PUNCT__

and let me be crystal clear __PUNCT__ if you make less than a quarter of a million_dollar a year __PUNCT__ which includ___NUM__ __PUNCT__ of small_busi busi_owner __PUNCT__ you won't see your tax_increas on singl dime __PUNCT__

not your payrol_tax __PUNCT__ not your incom_tax __PUNCT__ not your capit_gain gain_tax __PUNCT__ noth __PUNCT__

that is my commit to you __PUNCT__

for the last eight year __PUNCT__ we have tri it john_mccain wai __PUNCT__

we have tri it georg_bush wai __PUNCT__

we given more and more to those with the most and hope that prosper would trickl down to everyon els __PUNCT__

and guess what __PUNCT__ it didn't __PUNCT__

so it time try someth new __PUNCT__

it time to grow thi economi from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__

it time to invest in the middl __PUNCT__ class again __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will invest __MONEY___billion a year in renew_sourc of energi to creat five million new __PUNCT__ green_job over the next decad __PUNCT__ job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__ job build solar_panel and wind_turbin and fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__ job that will help us end our depend on oil from middl_east dictat __PUNCT__

i also put two million more american to work rebuild our crumbl road __PUNCT__ school __PUNCT__ and bridg __PUNCT__ becaus it is time to build an american infrastructur for the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

and if peopl ask how we go to pai for thi __PUNCT__ you tell them that if we can spend___MONEY___billion a month in iraq __PUNCT__ we can spend some monei to rebuild america __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will final fix the problem in our health_care_system that we been talk about for too long __PUNCT__

thi issu is person for me __PUNCT__

my mother di of ovarian cancer at the ag of __NUM__ and i never forget how she spent the final month of her life ly in a hospit bed __PUNCT__ fight with her insur_compani becaus thei claim that her cancer wa a pre __PUNCT__ exist condit and didn't want to pai for treatment __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will make sure those insur compani can never do that again __PUNCT__

my health_care_plan will make sure insur_compani can't discrimin against those who ar sick and need care most __PUNCT__

if you have health_insur __PUNCT__ the onli thing that will chang under my plan is that we will lower premium __PUNCT__

if you don't have health insur __PUNCT__ you be abl to get the same_kind of health_insur that member of congress get for themselv __PUNCT__

and we invest in prevent_care and new technolog to final lower the cost of health_care for famili __PUNCT__ busi __PUNCT__ and the entir economi __PUNCT__

that the chang we need __PUNCT__

and if i presid __PUNCT__ we give everi child __PUNCT__ everywher the skill and the knowledg thei need to compet with ani worker __PUNCT__ anywher in the world __PUNCT__

i will not allow countri to out __PUNCT__ teach us todai so thei can out __PUNCT__ compet us tomorrow __PUNCT__

it is time to provid everi american with a world __PUNCT__ class educ __PUNCT__

that mean invest in earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

that mean recruit an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and pai them better __PUNCT__ and give them more support in exchang for higher_standard and more account __PUNCT__

and it mean make a deal with everi american who ha the drive and the will but not the monei to go to colleg __PUNCT__

my oppon top econom advisor actual said that thei have no plan to invest in colleg afford becaus we can't have a giveawai to everi special_interest __PUNCT__

well i don't think the young_peopl of america ar a special_interest __PUNCT__ thei ar the futur of thi countri __PUNCT__

that why i make thi deal with you __PUNCT__ if you commit to serv your commun or your countri __PUNCT__ we will make sure you can afford your tuition __PUNCT__

no if __PUNCT__ and or but __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ make no mistak __PUNCT__ the chang we need won't come easi or without cost __PUNCT__

we will all need to tighten our belt __PUNCT__ we will all need to sacrific and we will all need to pull our weight becaus now more than ever __PUNCT__ we ar all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

at a defin moment like thi __PUNCT__ we don't have the luxuri of reli on the same polit game and the same polit tactic that ar us everi elect to divid us from on anoth and make us afraid of on anoth __PUNCT__

with the challeng and crise we face right now __PUNCT__ we cannot afford to divid thi countri by class or region __PUNCT__ by who we ar or what polici we support __PUNCT__

there ar no real or fake part of thi countri __PUNCT__

we ar not separ by the pro __PUNCT__ america and anti __PUNCT__ america part of thi nation __PUNCT__ we all love thi countri __PUNCT__ no matter where we live or where we come from __PUNCT__

there ar patriot who support thi war in iraq and patriot who oppos it __PUNCT__ patriot who believ in democrat polici and those who believ in republican polici __PUNCT__

the men and women from virginia and all across america who serv on our battlefield mai be democrat and republican and independ __PUNCT__ but thei have fought togeth and bled togeth and some di togeth under the same proud flag __PUNCT__

thei have not serv a red america or a blue america __PUNCT__ thei have serv the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we have alwai been at our best when we had leadership that call us to look past our differ and come togeth as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__ leadership that ralli thi entir countri to a common_purpos __PUNCT__ to a higher purpos __PUNCT__

and i am run for presid of the unit_state of america becaus that is the countri we need to be right now __PUNCT__

thi countri and the dream it repres ar be test in a wai that we haven't seen in nearli a centuri __PUNCT__

and futur_gener will judg our by how we respond to thi test __PUNCT__

will thei sai that thi wa a time when america lost it wai and it purpos __PUNCT__ when we allow the same divis and fear tactic and our own petti differ to plung thi countri into a dark and pain recess __PUNCT__

or will thei sai that thi wa anoth on of those moment when america overcam __PUNCT__ when we battl back from advers by recogn that common stake that we have in each other success __PUNCT__

thi is on of those moment __PUNCT__

i realiz you cynic and fed up with polit __PUNCT__

i understand that you disappoint and even angri with your leader __PUNCT__

you have everi right to be __PUNCT__

but despit all of thi __PUNCT__ i ask of you what been ask of the american_peopl in time of trial and turmoil throughout our histori __PUNCT__

i ask you to believ __PUNCT__ to believ in yourselv __PUNCT__ in each other __PUNCT__ and in the futur we can build togeth __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we cannot fail __PUNCT__

not now __PUNCT__

not when we have a crisi to solv and an economi to save __PUNCT__

not when there ar so mani american without job and without home __PUNCT__

not when there ar famili who can't afford to see a doctor __PUNCT__ or send their child to colleg __PUNCT__ or pai their bill at the end of the month __PUNCT__

not when there is a gener that is count on us to give them the same opportun and the same chanc that we had for ourselv __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

american have done thi befor __PUNCT__

some of us had grandpar or parent who said mayb i can't go to colleg but my child can __PUNCT__ mayb i can't have my own busi but my child can __PUNCT__

i mai have to rent __PUNCT__ but mayb my children will have a home thei can call their own __PUNCT__

i mai not have a lot of monei but mayb my child will run for senat __PUNCT__

i might live in a small villag but mayb somedai my son can be presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

now it fall to us __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we cannot fail __PUNCT__

and i need you to make it happen __PUNCT__

if you want the next four year look like the last eight __PUNCT__ then i am not your candid __PUNCT__

but if you want real chang __PUNCT__ if you want an economi that reward work __PUNCT__ and that work for main_street and wall_street __PUNCT__ if you want tax_relief for the middl_class and million of new job __PUNCT__ if you want health_care you can afford and educ that help your kid compet __PUNCT__ then i ask you to knock on some door __PUNCT__ make some call __PUNCT__ talk to your neighbor __PUNCT__ and give me your vote __PUNCT__

and if you stand with me in thirteen dai __PUNCT__ i promis you __PUNCT__ we will win virginia __PUNCT__ we will win thi elect __PUNCT__ and then you and i __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ will chang thi countri and chang thi world __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__ and mai god_bless_america __PUNCT__