Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hei __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in ohio __PUNCT__

all right __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ everybodi who got a chair __PUNCT__ feel_free to sit down __PUNCT__

just go ahead and relax __PUNCT__

i know it a littl warm out here __PUNCT__ but thi is how summer is suppos to feel like __PUNCT__

a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ pleas give ina a big round of applaus for the great introduct __PUNCT__

we proud of her __PUNCT__

i am so pleas to see onc again the outstand mayor of maume __PUNCT__ tim wagen __PUNCT__

there he is __PUNCT__

on of the best senat in the countri __PUNCT__ your senat __PUNCT__ sherrod_brown __PUNCT__

on of your outstand member of the congression deleg __PUNCT__ marci kaptur is here __PUNCT__

and your former governor and my campaign cochair __PUNCT__ ted strickland is in the hous __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ it great to see you __PUNCT__

i hope everybodi had a wonder fourth of __DATE__ __PUNCT__

we had __PUNCT__ we invit some peopl over for a barbecu __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ had a chanc to sai thank you to our incred men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

and we so proud of them __PUNCT__

and then it wa malia birthdai yesterdai __PUNCT__

she is __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ i know __PUNCT__ it happen too fast __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ don't even remind me __PUNCT__

she go into high_school next year __PUNCT__

which mean that she __PUNCT__ see __PUNCT__ when she wa small __PUNCT__ i could sai __PUNCT__ all these firework i had arrang for her birthdai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but she doesn't believ me anymor __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ unless you have been hide out in the wood somewher __PUNCT__ you ar awar of the fact that it campaign season __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we fire up and readi to go __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you fire up __PUNCT__ it campaign season again __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ i understand it not alwai pretti to watch __PUNCT__

there ha been more monei flood into the system than we ever seen befor __PUNCT__

more neg_ad __PUNCT__ more cynic __PUNCT__

most of what you read about or hear about on the new ha to do with who is up or down in the poll __PUNCT__ instead of what these issu actual mean for you and for america __PUNCT__

so it can be frustrat __PUNCT__

and i know sometim it mai be tempt to kind of turn awai from all of it and just turn off the tv __PUNCT__ tivo everyth that you want to watch so you can skip over the commerci __PUNCT__

it easi sometim __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ to lose interest and lose heart when you hear what go on in washington __PUNCT__

and i be honest with you __PUNCT__ i think there ar some folk who ar bet that you will lose interest __PUNCT__ that ar bet that somehow you go to lose heart __PUNCT__

but here you ar in the heat __PUNCT__

i bet you not go to lose interest __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i bet you not go to lose heart __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

i bet on you __PUNCT__

and the countri is bet on you __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

becaus you understand that __PUNCT__ even though polit mai seem real small right now and mai seem real petti __PUNCT__ the choic in thi elect could not be clearer __PUNCT__

and it could not be bigger __PUNCT__ the stake could not be bigger __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

you can do it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i know __PUNCT__ with you __PUNCT__

what go on in thi elect is bigger than just a choic between two candid or between two parti __PUNCT__

it about two fundament differ vision of where we go as a countri __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ i believ in an america where no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

we never been a countri that __PUNCT__ we never been a countri look for handout __PUNCT__

we a nation of striver and risk taker and entrepreneur __PUNCT__ worker __PUNCT__

but what we ask for is that hard_work pai off __PUNCT__ that respons is reward __PUNCT__

the idea is if you take respons for your life __PUNCT__ if you put in the effort __PUNCT__ if you do the respons thing __PUNCT__ then you can find a job that pai a live_wage __PUNCT__ that you can look after your famili __PUNCT__ that you can bui a home __PUNCT__ that you can retir with some digniti and some respect __PUNCT__ that you won't go bankrupt when you get sick __PUNCT__ that you have that core __PUNCT__ middl_class secur that built thi countri __PUNCT__ and that you can pass that on to your kid so thei can do thing that you never even imagin __PUNCT__

that the essenc of america __PUNCT__

and i believ in that basic promis of america becaus i live it __PUNCT__

that my biographi __PUNCT__

i had grandpar whose servic at world_war_ii wa reward by them have a chanc to go to colleg and bui their first home __PUNCT__

becaus i had a hard __PUNCT__ work mom who rais me and my sister right __PUNCT__ but also had some help so that we could end up go to the best school in the countri even though we didn't have a lot of monei __PUNCT__

i got involv in polit __PUNCT__

i ran for presid in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ and some of you join me in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ becaus we believ in that basic bargain that built the largest middl_class in histori and the strongest economi in the world __PUNCT__

and we felt like that basic bargain wa slip awai __PUNCT__ that hard_work wasn't alwai reward __PUNCT__ that be respons didn't alwai get you ahead __PUNCT__ that folk who act irrespons sometim were make out like bandit while ordinari folk were have a tougher and tougher time __PUNCT__

so we came togeth in that elect __PUNCT__ democrat __PUNCT__ but also independ and __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ some republican __PUNCT__ to restor that basic bargain that built thi countri __PUNCT__

and we knew at the time it wouldn't be easi __PUNCT__

we knew it would take more than on year or on term or mayb even on presid __PUNCT__

but what we didn't realiz at the time wa we were go to be hit by the worst econom_crisi in our lifetim __PUNCT__

and that been tough on a lot of folk __PUNCT__ includ peopl here in ohio __PUNCT__

it rob million of peopl of their job and their home and their save __PUNCT__

and it push the american_dream even further from reach for a lot of peopl __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ thi crisi ha not chang the fundament charact of america __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang the fundament charact of thi town __PUNCT__ or thi state __PUNCT__ or thi part of the countri __PUNCT__

we still got peopl who ar work_hard __PUNCT__

we still got peopl who ar act respons __PUNCT__

it hasn't diminish our belief in those ideal we were fight for in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and our mission right now isn't just to recov from thi econom_crisi __PUNCT__ although that job on __PUNCT__

our mission is to give back to america __PUNCT__ to american all across the countri __PUNCT__ what been lost __PUNCT__ that sens of secur __PUNCT__

our goal isn't just to put_peopl back to work tomorrow __PUNCT__ it also to build for the long_haul an economi where hard_work pai off __PUNCT__ an economi where everybodi __PUNCT__ whether you start a busi or punch a clock __PUNCT__ ha confid that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you will get ahead __PUNCT__

that what america is about __PUNCT__

that what ohio is about __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i got to tell you __PUNCT__ what hold us back is not __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

where is michel __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

where michel __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ i know i second fiddl __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but i have michel come back sometim __PUNCT__

i just the warmup act __PUNCT__

michel sai hi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thank you so much __PUNCT__

i appreci it __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me sai thi __PUNCT__

what hold us back from go ahead and meet these challeng __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

what hold us back from meet our challeng __PUNCT__ it not a lack of idea __PUNCT__ it not a lack of solut __PUNCT__

what hold us back is we got a stalem in washington between these two vision of where the countri need to go __PUNCT__

and thi elect is all about break that stalem __PUNCT__

the outcom of thi elect will determin our econom_futur not just for the next year or the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__ but mayb for the next decad or the next two __PUNCT__

and i want everybodi to be clear about what thi choic is __PUNCT__

my oppon and hi alli in congress __PUNCT__ thei believ prosper come from the top down __PUNCT__

thei believ if we elimin most regul and we cut_tax for the wealthi by trillion of dollar __PUNCT__ that somehow our whole economi will benefit __PUNCT__ and all of you will benefit __PUNCT__ and there go to be more job and better secur for everybodi __PUNCT__

that their basic_econom econom_plan __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i think thei wrong about their vision __PUNCT__

and part of the reason i think thei wrong is becaus we tri it __PUNCT__ rememb __PUNCT__ just a while back __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

it didn't work __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__

we still pai for trillion of dollar in tax_cut that weren't paid for and didn't lead to better job or better wage for the middl_class __PUNCT__

the lack of regul on wall_street __PUNCT__ the kind of thing that thei prescrib __PUNCT__ that exactli what allow peopl to game the system that caus thi whole mess in the first place __PUNCT__

so no __PUNCT__ i don't think that mr __PUNCT__ romnei plan to spend trillion of dollar more on tax_cut for folk who don't need them and aren't even ask for them is the right wai to grow our economi __PUNCT__ especi sinc thei want to pai for it by cut educ_spend and cut job_train train_program and rais middl_class tax __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and i sure don't agre with hi plan to keep give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i don't think we better off by roll_back regul on bank or insur_compani or oil_compani __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ regul that ar meant to protect worker and consum and famili and our economi __PUNCT__

so we don't need more top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

we tri it __PUNCT__ it did not work __PUNCT__

what we need is somebodi who is out there fight for the middl_class and want to grow the middl class __PUNCT__

when the american auto_industri wa on the brink of collaps __PUNCT__ and more than on million_job were on the line __PUNCT__ governor romnei said we should just let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

that what he said __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i refus to turn my back on commun like thi on __PUNCT__

i wa bet on the american_worker __PUNCT__ and i wa bet on american_industri __PUNCT__

and __NUM___year later __PUNCT__ the american auto_industri is come roar back __PUNCT__

that chrysler plant up the road bring on anoth __NUM___employe to make the car that the world want to bui __PUNCT__

the wrangler built right here in toledo just set an alltim sale record __PUNCT__

what happen in toledo can happen in citi like cleveland __PUNCT__ can happen in pittsburgh __PUNCT__

it can happen in other industri __PUNCT__

and that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__ becaus i go to make sure that it doe __PUNCT__

i want it happen all across thi countri __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

just like ina said __PUNCT__ i want good ship around the world __PUNCT__ stamp with __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i want to stop give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ start reward compani that ar invest right here in toledo __PUNCT__ right here in ohio __PUNCT__ right here in maume __PUNCT__

that what i look for __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we ar too __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

governor romnei experi ha been in own compani that were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ of outsourc __PUNCT__

that not my phrase __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ of outsourc __PUNCT__

my experi ha been in save the american auto_industri __PUNCT__

and as long as i presid __PUNCT__ that what i go to be do __PUNCT__ wake up everi singl_dai think about how we can creat more job for your famili and more secur for your commun __PUNCT__

that why my administr brought trade case against china at a faster pace than the previou_administr __PUNCT__ and we won those case __PUNCT__

just thi morn __PUNCT__ my administr took a new action to hold china account for unfair trade practic that harm american automak __PUNCT__

and let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

american aren't afraid to compet __PUNCT__

we believ in competit __PUNCT__

i believ in trade __PUNCT__

and i know thi __PUNCT__ american and american_worker build better product than anybodi els __PUNCT__

so as long as we compet on a fair_plai plai_field instead of an unfair plai field __PUNCT__ we do just fine __PUNCT__

but we go to make sure that competit is fair __PUNCT__

that what i believ __PUNCT__

that part of our vision for america __PUNCT__

but that not all it take to rebuild thi economi __PUNCT__

i run to make sure that america onc again lead the world in educ our kid and train our worker __PUNCT__

our tuition tax_credit ha save million of famili thousand of dollar each __PUNCT__ and now i want to extend it __PUNCT__

we won the fight in congress to stop congress from let student_loan doubl __PUNCT__

and now we work with colleg and univers to start bring tuition cost down __PUNCT__

i want our school to hire and reward the best teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to go to commun_colleg and learn skill that local_busi ar look for right now __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ a higher_educ is not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is an econom necess for everi singl on of our young_peopl __PUNCT__ and folk who ar retrain to get the job of the futur __PUNCT__ and our veteran who ar come home __PUNCT__

and we need to take care of all of them and give them those opportun to work their wai into the middl_class __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

thank for your servic __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

my pleasur __PUNCT__ sir __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

god bless you __PUNCT__

freedom is not free __PUNCT__ and you fought for it __PUNCT__

i run to give more respons homeown the chanc to refin their mortgag and save___MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

we got low_interest_rate right now __PUNCT__ but a lot of folk ar have troubl refinanc with their bank __PUNCT__

we said to congress __PUNCT__ let go ahead and help them refin __PUNCT__ becaus that extra three __PUNCT__ can you us an extra __MONEY__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and that mean you spend at restaur and you bui stuff at the store and __PUNCT__ you bui some cloth __PUNCT__ is that what you said __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but you put that monei_back into circul __PUNCT__ that good for everybodi __PUNCT__

it good for small_busi __PUNCT__ it good for larg busi __PUNCT__

we alreadi given thousand of famili the chanc to do thi __PUNCT__

my oppon __PUNCT__ hi plan for the hous_market is to let it hit bottom __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that not a plan __PUNCT__

that a problem __PUNCT__ that not a solut __PUNCT__

i run becaus i believ that in america __PUNCT__ nobodi should go bankrupt becaus thei get sick __PUNCT__

i work with anybodi who want to work with me to continu to improv our health_care_system and our health care law __PUNCT__

but the law i pass is here to stai __PUNCT__

and let me tell you someth __PUNCT__ maume __PUNCT__

it is go to make the vast_major of american more secur __PUNCT__

we will not go back to the dai when insur_compani could discrimin against peopl just becaus thei were sick __PUNCT__

we not go to tell __NUM___million young_peopl who ar now on their parent health_insur insur_plan that suddenli thei don't have health_insur __PUNCT__

we not go to allow medicar to be turn into a voucher system __PUNCT__

now is not the time to spend __NUM__ more year refight battl we fought __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

now is the time to move_forward and make sure that everi american ha afford health_insur and that insur_compani ar treat them fairli __PUNCT__

that what we fought for __PUNCT__

that what we go to keep __PUNCT__

we ar move_forward __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ maume __PUNCT__ i run becaus after a decad of war __PUNCT__ it time to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

we ar transit out of afghanistan __PUNCT__

my plan would take half the monei that we been spend on war __PUNCT__ let us it to put_peopl back to work rebuild our road __PUNCT__ rebuild our bridg __PUNCT__ rebuild our school __PUNCT__ get those construct_worker out and about rebuild america __PUNCT__

that how we build our futur __PUNCT__

we can't go backward __PUNCT__

we got to move_forward __PUNCT__

i run to make sure that we can afford all thi by pai down the debt in a balanc wai __PUNCT__ in a respons wai __PUNCT__

keep in mind __PUNCT__ we had a surplu last time there wa a democrat_presid __PUNCT__

thei ran up the tab __PUNCT__ put two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__ tax_cut not paid for __PUNCT__ prescript_drug plan not paid for __PUNCT__ left us the tab __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ we go to clean it up __PUNCT__ but we go to clean it up not on the back of the middl_class __PUNCT__ we go to do it in a balanc and respons wai __PUNCT__

i cut_spend like we alreadi have on thing we can't afford and aren't help peopl __PUNCT__

but unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i ask the wealthiest american who enjoi the biggest tax_cut over the past_decad to do a littl more __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ just like we know what thei did didn't work __PUNCT__ we know what i talk about did work __PUNCT__ becaus what i talk about is what bill_clinton did as presid __PUNCT__

our economi creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ we made a whole bunch of millionair as well __PUNCT__

it wasn't like rich_peopl were do bad back in the nineti __PUNCT__

thei were do just fine __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

right __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ there ar plenti of patriot __PUNCT__ success american who agre with us __PUNCT__

thei want to do the right thing becaus thei care about thi countri __PUNCT__

on job __PUNCT__ on educ __PUNCT__ on hous __PUNCT__ on health_care __PUNCT__ on retir __PUNCT__ on all these thing that ar the pillar of a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__ we can't go backward __PUNCT__

we got to go forward __PUNCT__

and that the choic face us thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__

and the choic could not be more clear __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i not here to tell you __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ that thi is go to be easi or it go to be quick __PUNCT__

chang that we try to bring about __PUNCT__ we deal with problem that happen over the cours of decad __PUNCT__

thei not go to be chang overnight __PUNCT__

and i know sometim peopl_feel like __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ he done some good_thing __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ boi __PUNCT__ thing ar still tough out there __PUNCT__ chang hasn't happen fast enough __PUNCT__

i understand that __PUNCT__

i get frustrat too __PUNCT__

but what we __PUNCT__ what requir ar long __PUNCT__ term solut __PUNCT__ not slick promis __PUNCT__ not quick fix __PUNCT__

and there ar plenti of well __PUNCT__ fund special_interest in washington __PUNCT__ and their power alli in congress __PUNCT__ who want to keep thing just the wai thei ar __PUNCT__

but don't ever bui the line that thei sell that we can somehow accomplish more by do less __PUNCT__

that might benefit their interest __PUNCT__ but it won't benefit your __PUNCT__

that not how we becam america __PUNCT__

our parent __PUNCT__ our grandpar __PUNCT__ the founder of thi countri __PUNCT__ thei didn't set their sight lower __PUNCT__

thei didn't settl for someth less __PUNCT__

and neither do we __PUNCT__ becaus we american __PUNCT__

if we go to be the countri we know we can be __PUNCT__ we got to keep do the hard_work of build the futur of thi countri for our kid __PUNCT__ just like our parent and grandpar did for us __PUNCT__

and let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

from now until __DATE__ __PUNCT__ the other side is go to spend more monei than we ever seen befor __PUNCT__ and thei will be rain ad down on your head __PUNCT__

and thei tell you it all my fault __PUNCT__ i can't fix it becaus i think govern is the answer to everyth __PUNCT__ or becaus i haven't made a lot of monei in the privat_sector __PUNCT__ or i think everyth is do just fine __PUNCT__

that what all the scari voic in the ad will tell you __PUNCT__

that what mitt_romnei will sai __PUNCT__

that what republican in congress will sai __PUNCT__

and that their plan for win an elect __PUNCT__ but it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it not a plan to provid you with greater secur for you and your famili __PUNCT__

it not a plan to restor the middl_class or restor the american_dream __PUNCT__

and that the kind of plan we need right now __PUNCT__ is a plan to build the middl_class and restor the american_dream __PUNCT__

and if you agre with me __PUNCT__ if you believ that our economi work best when everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ then i go to need you out there work __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ i need you to talk to your friend and your neighbor __PUNCT__

don't just talk to democrat __PUNCT__

talk to independ __PUNCT__ talk to republican __PUNCT__

becaus i want to work with anybodi who believ that we in thi togeth __PUNCT__

i want to work with anybodi who believ we got to invest in our futur __PUNCT__

i want to work with anybodi who think we got to give our kid a great educ __PUNCT__

i want to work with anybodi who believ that we got to make sure that we build thing here in america __PUNCT__

i not a democrat first __PUNCT__ i an american first __PUNCT__

i believ we rise or fall as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

and i believ what stop us is not our capac to meet our challeng __PUNCT__ what stop us is our polit __PUNCT__

and that someth you have the power to solv __PUNCT__

so hit the door __PUNCT__

make some phone_call __PUNCT__

regist your friend __PUNCT__

talk to those famili_member who sometim don't vote __PUNCT__

remind them where america strength come from __PUNCT__ it come from our peopl __PUNCT__

remind them how america came thi far __PUNCT__ it came becaus of our peopl __PUNCT__

all thi monei that be spent on neg_ad in thi campaign __PUNCT__ thei spent monei in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i got outspent when i ran first time for senat __PUNCT__

but you know what i have learn __PUNCT__ when the american_peopl __PUNCT__ when ordinari folk start stand up for themselv __PUNCT__ start make their voic_heard __PUNCT__ start come togeth __PUNCT__ start believ again __PUNCT__ noth can stop them __PUNCT__

noth can stop you __PUNCT__

noth can stop you __PUNCT__ maume __PUNCT__

noth can stop you __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

noth can stop us __PUNCT__ america __PUNCT__

let remind the world just why it is we live in the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__