Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ cedar rapid __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in cedar rapid __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__ coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ pleas give jason and hi wife ali a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

thei ar just wonder peopl __PUNCT__

i so glad i had a chanc to meet them __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ thei debat what to name their son __PUNCT__ so if you gui have some suggest __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

i ask them __PUNCT__ what about barack __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that wa not yet on the list __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but thei ar wonder peopl __PUNCT__ and thei got a incred cute gui name cooper __PUNCT__

and so i realli thank them for their hospit __PUNCT__ and we appreci them so much __PUNCT__

and jason is start as a high_school princip __PUNCT__ so wish him good_luck __PUNCT__

he is go to do a great job __PUNCT__

i want to acknowledg mick starverich __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

starcevich __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

starverich __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

starcevich __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

starcevich __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

yai __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i call him mick __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and he is the presid of kirkwood and our host todai __PUNCT__

thank you so much __PUNCT__

i want to acknowledg our outstand emce __PUNCT__ peggi whitworth __PUNCT__

great friend __PUNCT__

great friend of mine __PUNCT__

and on of my dearest friend here in iowa __PUNCT__ your outstand attornei_gener __PUNCT__ tom miller __PUNCT__ is in the hous __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you gui have a seat __PUNCT__ feel_free to take a seat __PUNCT__

that wai __PUNCT__ if it get a littl warm __PUNCT__ i don't want anybodi get overh __PUNCT__

you gui ar kind of out of luck __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so make sure you hydrat __PUNCT__

and abraham_lincoln is in the hous __PUNCT__ my homeboi from illinoi __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and an outstand republican endorse __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ there you go __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ unless you manag to hide your televis somewher for the last year __PUNCT__ you mai be awar that it is now campaign season __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and here in iowa it seem like it alwai campaign season __PUNCT__

you gui can't get awai from it __PUNCT__

and i know that it is not alwai pretti to watch __PUNCT__

there is more monei flood the system than ever befor __PUNCT__

there more neg_ad __PUNCT__

there more cynic __PUNCT__

most of what you hear in term of the new is who up or who down in the poll __PUNCT__ instead of how ani of thi relat to your live and the countri that you love __PUNCT__

so i know that sometim it can be tempt to lose interest and to lose heart and to get a littl cynic __PUNCT__

and frankli __PUNCT__ that what a lot of peopl ar bet that you do __PUNCT__

but i bet that you won't __PUNCT__

i bet that you ar go to be as fire up as you were in __NUM__ becaus you understand the stake for america __PUNCT__

most of you ar here becaus you know that even though sometim our polit seem real small and petti __PUNCT__ the stake in thi elect could not be bigger __PUNCT__

what at stake is bigger than two candid __PUNCT__ it bigger than two polit_parti __PUNCT__

what at stake is two veri differ vision for our countri __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ cedar rapid __PUNCT__ the choic that we make that will help determin our direct for year to come __PUNCT__ that choic is go to be up to you __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

obama __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that a good choic __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thi will be my last polit_campaign __PUNCT__ no matter what __PUNCT__

got __PUNCT__ i got noth els to run for __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but it got __PUNCT__ and becaus of that __PUNCT__ you start feel a littl nostalg and you start think about some of your first campaign __PUNCT__

i think about all the place i us to travel in illinoi and the first race i ran as a state_senat __PUNCT__

and michel and i had to __PUNCT__ like __PUNCT__ xerox or go to kinko and copi our littl flyer __PUNCT__ and we didn't have a tv budget back then __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and we rode around in my car __PUNCT__ and i fill it up with my ga __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i the on who got lost if i took a wrong turn __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and what amaz __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ when i think about it __PUNCT__ wa how mani peopl you meet from everi walk of life all across illinoi __PUNCT__ in big_citi __PUNCT__ small_town __PUNCT__ upstat __PUNCT__ downstat __PUNCT__ quad __PUNCT__ you name it __PUNCT__ and you alwai hear similar stori from peopl about their parent or their grandpar and the struggl thei had gone through and how thei had been abl to find a job that paid a live_wage and look after their famili and their kid had done a littl better than thei did __PUNCT__

and those stori would reson with me and michel becaus that wa our stori __PUNCT__ that wa our live __PUNCT__

and then when i came to iowa for the presidenti_campaign __PUNCT__ first stop __PUNCT__ cedar rapid __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ first stop __PUNCT__

first stop __PUNCT__

cedar __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

and the first stop wa cedar rapid __PUNCT__ and then we went on to waterloo __PUNCT__

and i __PUNCT__ that wa the first time i had campaign as presid __PUNCT__ and i wa kind of nervou __PUNCT__

we had thi huge town_hall __PUNCT__ and i don't rememb what i said __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ most of the time i wa just worri about screw up __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but the same_thing that i saw in illinoi i wa see in iowa __PUNCT__

thi wa a state that gave me a chanc when nobodi els would __PUNCT__

and no matter what the nation_media wa sai __PUNCT__ no matter how far down we were in the poll __PUNCT__ we come here and michel and i __PUNCT__ we feel hope __PUNCT__ becaus we had that same convers that we had had in my first race as a state_senat or my first race as u. __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ go to state fair and stop in town and visit vfw hall and diner and meet_peopl whose live __PUNCT__ on the surfac __PUNCT__ might have look differ than mine __PUNCT__ but when you heard their stori __PUNCT__ thei were a common stori __PUNCT__

i thought about my grandpar __PUNCT__ whose servic in world_war_ii wa reward __PUNCT__ when my grandfath came back from the war and my grandmoth work on a bomber assembl_line __PUNCT__ and thei were abl to go to colleg on the gi_bill __PUNCT__ bui their first hous with an fha loan __PUNCT__

i had a singl_mom who __PUNCT__ with the help of my grandpar __PUNCT__ wa abl to send my sister and me to great school even though she didn't make a lot of monei __PUNCT__

she wa struggl to put herself through school and work at the same_time __PUNCT__

and michel would think about her father __PUNCT__ who had work as a stationari engin at the water filtrat plant __PUNCT__ blue collar_job __PUNCT__ all hi life __PUNCT__ and her mom __PUNCT__ who wa a stai __PUNCT__ at __PUNCT__ home mom and then work as a secretari for most of her life __PUNCT__

and we thought about how far we had come and the fact that our live were a testament to that fundament american_ideal that no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ america a place where you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

america a place where you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

and that same_stori __PUNCT__ my famili stori __PUNCT__ michel famili stori __PUNCT__ i heard it from you gui __PUNCT__

it wa your stori __PUNCT__

and we understood __PUNCT__

and we sit and talk __PUNCT__ and we agre that america ha never been a countri of peopl look for handout __PUNCT__

we a nation of worker and dreamer and doer __PUNCT__

and we understand that we got to work for everyth that we got __PUNCT__

and all we ask for is that hard_work pai off __PUNCT__ that respons is reward __PUNCT__ so that if you put in enough effort __PUNCT__ if you will to put in some sweat and tear and overcom some difficulti in your life __PUNCT__ then you can find a job that pai the bill and afford a home that you can call your own and count on health_care when you get sick and put awai enough to retir on __PUNCT__ mayb take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__

i wa tell folk in ohio the other dai __PUNCT__ i rememb my favorit vacat when i wa __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ travel the countri with my grandmoth and my mom and my sister __PUNCT__

and onc in a while we rent a car __PUNCT__ but a bunch of time we just take greyhound buse __PUNCT__

and sometim we take the train and stai at howard johnson __PUNCT__

and as long as there wa a littl puddl of a pool __PUNCT__ i be happi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and you go to the ic machin and the vend_machin and bui a soda and get the ic __PUNCT__ and you were realli excit about it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and what wa import wa just the time that you had to spend with your famili __PUNCT__

it wasn't anyth fanci __PUNCT__ but you understood that you could spend_time with your famili __PUNCT__

thei were care for __PUNCT__

you had a sens of secur __PUNCT__

you could provid for your children an educ that would allow them to do even better than you did __PUNCT__

that wa the basic bargain that built america middl_class __PUNCT__ the largest middl class on earth __PUNCT__

that what built our prosper __PUNCT__ the greatest economi the world ever known __PUNCT__

and so those share memori __PUNCT__ those share stori __PUNCT__ that wa the basi of our campaign when i ran for presid __PUNCT__

that why i talk about the first time i came to cedar rapid __PUNCT__ becaus we came togeth as democrat and independ and republican becaus for too long that basic bargain __PUNCT__ that vision of what it mean to make it in america __PUNCT__ had been slip awai for too mani folk __PUNCT__

peopl were work_harder for less __PUNCT__

it wa more difficult to save __PUNCT__ more difficult to retir __PUNCT__

the cost of health_care and colleg wa go through the roof __PUNCT__

and we understood that turn that around wa not go to be easi __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ what we didn't know wa that we were about to get hit with the worst econom_crisi in our lifetim __PUNCT__

and that crisi ha put us through some realli tough_time here in iowa and all across the countri __PUNCT__

it rob million of our fellow_american their job and their home and their save __PUNCT__

and it made the american_dream seem even further out of reach for too mani hard __PUNCT__ work_peopl __PUNCT__

but the basic_idea of why i ran in __NUM__ the reason you here todai __PUNCT__ is becaus that crisi did not chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it did not chang our charact __PUNCT__

it did not chang our valu __PUNCT__

we still know what make us great __PUNCT__

we still know that what make us great is the fact that if you work_hard in thi countri __PUNCT__ you can still make it __PUNCT__

that vision we still believ in __PUNCT__

the vision of a strong middl_class is what we fight for __PUNCT__

our mission right now is not just to recov from a recess __PUNCT__

it to reclaim the basic secur that so mani american have lost __PUNCT__

our goal is to put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__ but it also to build an economi where that work pai off __PUNCT__ an economi in which everybodi __PUNCT__ whether thei start a busi or thei punch a clock __PUNCT__ can have confid that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you can get ahead __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

that what i been fight for for the last 3½ year __PUNCT__

and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you know what hold us back from meet thi challeng is not a lack of idea or a lack of solut __PUNCT__

what hold us back from make even more progress than we made is a stalem in washington between two fundament differ view about which path we should take as a countri __PUNCT__

and thi elect is about break that stalem __PUNCT__

thi elect will determin our econom_futur for the next gener __PUNCT__

and frankli __PUNCT__ the choic could not be clearer __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei believ that if we spend trillion of dollar more on tax_cut __PUNCT__ mostli for the wealthi __PUNCT__ that it will somehow creat more job __PUNCT__ even if we have to pai for it by gut educ __PUNCT__ chop assist to commun_colleg and pell_grant __PUNCT__ cut_back on train __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ rais middl_class tax __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei believ that if we roll_back regul that we put in place on bank and insur_compani and oil_compani __PUNCT__ all meant to protect our peopl and our economi __PUNCT__ that somehow everybodi is go to be better off __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and i think thei wrong __PUNCT__

i think thei wrong __PUNCT__

and listen __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ it not just my opinion __PUNCT__

we tri it their wai through most of the last decad __PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__

we fought two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__ still pai for trillion of dollar in tax_cut that didn't lead to more job or better wage for the middl_class __PUNCT__

and the lack of rule on wall_street is what allow peopl to take shortcut and game the system in a wai that caus thi whole mess in the first place __PUNCT__

so we tri what thei sell __PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__

and somehow thei think you don't rememb __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but you rememb __PUNCT__ and we don't need more top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

what we need is somebodi who go to fight everi singl_dai to grow the middl_class __PUNCT__ becaus that how our economi_grow __PUNCT__ from the middl out __PUNCT__ from the bottom up __PUNCT__ where everybodi got a shot __PUNCT__

that how the economi grow __PUNCT__

so i wa over at jason and ali __PUNCT__ and wonder __PUNCT__ wonder stori __PUNCT__ realli nice famili __PUNCT__

jason the new princip over at central citi high __PUNCT__

ali an account manag at a document scan compani __PUNCT__

thei got a veri cute __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year __PUNCT__ old __PUNCT__ cooper __PUNCT__ and then the yet __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ be __PUNCT__ name other cute on __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thei met at a conveni_store where thei work while thei were in school __PUNCT__

appar __PUNCT__ ali wa jason boss __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and she is still hi boss __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that doe not chang __PUNCT__

that how it work __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so we were talk about someth that nobodi look forward to __PUNCT__ and that pai_tax __PUNCT__

everybodi understand it someth you have to do __PUNCT__ you don't love do it __PUNCT__

but we were talk about how over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ becaus of polici my administr put in place __PUNCT__ we been abl to offer the mclaughlin about __MONEY__ in tax_relief __PUNCT__

and thei said that made a real differ in their live __PUNCT__

it help them pai their bill __PUNCT__ help them get daycar for cooper __PUNCT__

we were sit and i wa tell them the hous thei in now is roughli the same size as the hous that michel and i live in for the first __NUM___year that we were marri __PUNCT__

we had a littl co __PUNCT__ op __PUNCT__

and when thei were talk about the bill __PUNCT__ i rememb go through them __PUNCT__

you got the mortgag __PUNCT__

you got the student_loan __PUNCT__

you got the electr bill __PUNCT__ car note __PUNCT__ ga bill __PUNCT__ daycar __PUNCT__

everyth thei were talk about wa familiar becaus michel and i went through it __PUNCT__

and that __MONEY__ help __PUNCT__

it made a differ __PUNCT__

now we got a choic to make __PUNCT__ becaus on __DATE__ tax ar schedul to go up on everybodi in america __PUNCT__

that what the law sai right now __PUNCT__ if we don't do anyth __PUNCT__ if congress doesn't do anyth __PUNCT__ tax will go up on everybodi at the end of thi year __PUNCT__

yesterdai i call on congress to stop ani tax_hike for the __NUM__ percent of american who ar just like the mclaughlin __PUNCT__ just like you __PUNCT__

becaus if congress doesn't act __PUNCT__ then that tax hike could cost up to __MONEY__ for a famili of four __PUNCT__

that wouldn't just be a big financi hit for jason and ali __PUNCT__ becaus as thei point out __PUNCT__ and thi is what i love about america and what i love about them __PUNCT__ thei said __PUNCT__ as tight as thing mai be for us __PUNCT__ we a lot better off than a lot of folk we know __PUNCT__

so imagin if it tough for them what it go to be for somebodi els __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

like my mom __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

like your mom __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

that right __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

it would be not onli a huge blow to those famili __PUNCT__ it would be a big blow to our entir economi at a time when we need all the help we can get __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i believ that we should make sure that tax on the __NUM__ percent of american don't go up __PUNCT__ and then we should let the tax_cut expir for folk like me __PUNCT__ for the top___NUM___percent of american __PUNCT__

so anybodi make over __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ includ me __PUNCT__ we go back to the tax_rate that we were pai under bill_clinton __PUNCT__ which __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ wa a time when our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and creat plenti of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ the reason i sai that is not becaus i just love to pai_tax __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it becaus i know i can afford it __PUNCT__ and to give me anoth tax_break or to give warren_buffett anoth tax_break or to give mitt_romnei anoth tax_break __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that would cost about a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ and we can't afford it __PUNCT__ not at a time where we try to bring down our deficit __PUNCT__

not at a time when we try to reduc our debt __PUNCT__

so thi ha noth to do with me want to punish success __PUNCT__

we love folk get rich __PUNCT__

i hope malia and sasha go out there and if that what thei want to do __PUNCT__ that great __PUNCT__

but i do want to make sure that everybodi els get that chanc as well __PUNCT__

and for us to give a trillion dollar __PUNCT__ worth of tax_break to folk who don't need it __PUNCT__ who __PUNCT__ folk who don't need it and aren't even ask for it __PUNCT__ that doesn't make_sens __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the republican in congress and mr __PUNCT__ romnei disagre with me __PUNCT__

and that what democraci all about __PUNCT__

thei want more tax_cut for the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ on top of the exist bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__ thei want to give __MONEY___trillion more in tax_cut __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no wai __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and that fight is a big_part of what thi elect about __PUNCT__

we go to have that debat __PUNCT__ here in iowa and all across the countri __PUNCT__

but in the meantim __PUNCT__ doesn't it make_sens for us to agre to keep tax low for __NUM__ percent of american who ar work_hard and can't afford a tax_hike right now __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ think about it __PUNCT__

i want to hold tax steadi for __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ republican sai thei want to do the same_thing __PUNCT__

we disagre on the other __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ what do you usual do if you agre on __NUM__ percent and you disagre on __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

compromis __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

why don't you compromis to help the middl_class __PUNCT__ go ahead and do the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ and we can keep argu about the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

let agre when we can agre __PUNCT__

let not hold the vast_major of american hostag while we debat the merit of anoth tax_cut for the other __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

in other word __PUNCT__ let stand up for famili like your that ar work_hard everi dai __PUNCT__ give you some certainti so you can start plan __PUNCT__ so you have an idea of what come next year __PUNCT__

and that what thi elect about __PUNCT__

ultim __PUNCT__ cedar rapid __PUNCT__ that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__ becaus i believ we can make_progress right now that help you and your famili __PUNCT__

that what i go to be fight for __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ thi tax issu is part of a broader debat we go to have about how we rebuild an economi that grow the middl_class and give opportun to everybodi who is try to get into the middl class __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i refus to turn my back on a great_american american_industri and great_american american_worker __PUNCT__

i bet on american worker __PUNCT__

i bet on american_manufactur __PUNCT__

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

that what thi elect about __PUNCT__

becaus what happen in the auto industri can happen in other industri __PUNCT__ and i run to make sure it doe __PUNCT__

i want hi __PUNCT__ tech manufactur to take root in place like cedar rapid and newton and de_moin __PUNCT__

i want good stamp with __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__ sell all around the world __PUNCT__

i want to stop give tax_break to compani that ship job and factori oversea and start reward compani that creat_job right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei ha experi own compani that were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ in the busi of outsourc __PUNCT__

my experi ha been work with outstand member of labor and great manag to save the american auto_industri __PUNCT__

and as long as i presid __PUNCT__ i will keep fight to make sure job ar locat here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

but we can't stop there __PUNCT__

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

our tuition tax_credit ha save million of famili thousand of dollar __PUNCT__

i want to extend it __PUNCT__

we just won the fight that we were have with congress to stop the feder student_loan rate from doubl for more than __NUM___million student __PUNCT__

we got that done __PUNCT__

now i want to work with presid and offici at univers and commun_colleg to bring the cost of tuition down onc and for all __PUNCT__

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

i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to attend great commun_colleg like kirkwood __PUNCT__ help them learn the skill that local_busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

becaus higher_educ is not a luxuri in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ it is a necess __PUNCT__ and i want everybodi to be abl to afford it __PUNCT__

that what thi elect about __PUNCT__

my administr ha alreadi help more than a million respons homeown refin their mortgag __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i run to give more folk like them a chanc to refin and save___MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__

my oppon plan is to let the hous_market __PUNCT__ hit bottom __PUNCT__

that not a solut __PUNCT__ that part of the problem __PUNCT__

that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

our health_care law wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ i will work with anybodi to improv the health care law where we can __PUNCT__

but thi law is here to stai __PUNCT__

and it will help the vast_major of american_feel greater secur __PUNCT__

if you got health_insur __PUNCT__ it go to be more secur becaus insur_compani can't jerk you around becaus of fine_print __PUNCT__

if you don't have health_insur __PUNCT__ we help you get it __PUNCT__

thei not go to be abl to discrimin against you in bui_health health_insur becaus you sick __PUNCT__

and we not go to tell the __NUM___million young_peopl who have alreadi been help becaus thei now on their parent insur_plan that suddenli thei on their own __PUNCT__

and we not go to turn medicar into a voucher system __PUNCT__

we not go to refight polit_battl from __NUM___year_ago or __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

we go to move_forward and help everi american make sure thei feel some secur when it come to health_care __PUNCT__

i run becaus after a decad of war __PUNCT__ we stop and end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ we transit out of afghanistan __PUNCT__ and now it time to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

so i want to take about half the monei we no longer spend on a war __PUNCT__ and let us it to put_peopl back to work rebuild our road __PUNCT__ rebuild our runwai __PUNCT__ our port __PUNCT__ our wireless network __PUNCT__

i know we got some trade here in the hous __PUNCT__

these gui __PUNCT__ thei readi to work __PUNCT__

thei readi to put a hardhat on __PUNCT__

thei readi to rebuild america __PUNCT__

that what we need to be do all across iowa __PUNCT__ all across thi countri __PUNCT__

we can't go back __PUNCT__

we got to move_forward __PUNCT__

and i am run to make sure that we can afford to pai down our debt and our deficit in a wai that is respons __PUNCT__

after a decad of irrespons decis __PUNCT__ we need to reduc it __PUNCT__ but in a balanc __PUNCT__ respons wai __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

make sure you help our vet __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i will cut_spend that we can't afford __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

help our vet __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ we go to help our vet __PUNCT__

we do it __PUNCT__

we actual increas fundingveteran fund sinc i been presid higher than ani time in __NUM___year __PUNCT__

the __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ but you know __PUNCT__ in order to bring down our debt and our deficit in a respons wai __PUNCT__ it mean cut out thing we can't afford __PUNCT__

not everi govern_program work __PUNCT__

we can streamlin govern __PUNCT__

i ask for author from congress to make sure that govern is suit for the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ not the __NUM__ centuri __PUNCT__

but what we also got to do is ask the wealthiest american who enjoi the biggest tax_cut over the past_decad to just pai a littl bit more __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ here the thing __PUNCT__

there ar plenti of patriot __PUNCT__ success american who want to make thi contribut __PUNCT__

thei will to do it becaus thei rememb how thei got success __PUNCT__

all these thing __PUNCT__ whether it bring_back manufactur or get construct_worker back on the job or protect your health_care or save the auto_industri or make sure our kid get the best educ __PUNCT__ make sure our veteran get the care thei deserv after fight on behalf of our freedom __PUNCT__ all these thing that make up a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__ thei all ti togeth __PUNCT__

thei all central to the idea that made thi big __PUNCT__ divers __PUNCT__ hope __PUNCT__ optimist __PUNCT__ hard __PUNCT__ work countri great __PUNCT__ the idea that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you can have the secur to make of your life what you will __PUNCT__ the idea that we ar all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we ar individu __PUNCT__ and we have to take respons __PUNCT__ and nobodi is go to offer you anyth __PUNCT__ but ultim __PUNCT__ there ar some thing we do togeth __PUNCT__

that the promis of our parent and our grandpar __PUNCT__

thei pass it down to us __PUNCT__

it the promis we have to pass down to our kid and our grandkid __PUNCT__ that we don't just look out for ourselv __PUNCT__

we look after other peopl too in our commun __PUNCT__ in our state __PUNCT__ in our nation __PUNCT__ and next gener of american __PUNCT__

so over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you see the other side spend more monei than we ever seen befor __PUNCT__

and even though there will be a bunch of differ ad __PUNCT__ thei all have the same messag __PUNCT__

thei all sai __PUNCT__ the economi is not where it need to be __PUNCT__ and it obama fault __PUNCT__

that basic their idea __PUNCT__

thei know their econom_theori isn't go to sell __PUNCT__ so all thei can sai is __PUNCT__ unemploy still too high __PUNCT__ folk ar still struggl __PUNCT__ and it obama fault __PUNCT__

that their messag __PUNCT__

that it __PUNCT__

thei __PUNCT__ thei don't have anoth on __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i guarante you __PUNCT__ you watch everi ad __PUNCT__ that go to be the messag __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ that mai be a plan to win an elect __PUNCT__ but it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it sure as heck is not a plan to grow our economi __PUNCT__

it not a plan to reviv our middl_class __PUNCT__

thei don't have that plan __PUNCT__

i got that plan __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

so let me tell you __PUNCT__ we have been outspent befor __PUNCT__ we been count out befor __PUNCT__

but through everi on of my campaign __PUNCT__ what alwai given me hope is you __PUNCT__ your abil to cut through the nonsens __PUNCT__ your abil to identifi what true __PUNCT__ to tap into those valu that we all believ in __PUNCT__

i know that you gui rememb the stori of your famili just like i rememb mine __PUNCT__ and all the struggl of our parent and our grandpar and great __PUNCT__ grandpar __PUNCT__ everyth thei went through __PUNCT__ some of them come here as immigr __PUNCT__ mayb work in a mine __PUNCT__ work in a mill __PUNCT__ farm the land __PUNCT__

thei didn't know what to expect __PUNCT__ but thei understood there wa someth special about thi countri __PUNCT__

thei knew that thi wa a countri where peopl ar free to pursu their own dream __PUNCT__ but that we still come togeth as on american_famili __PUNCT__

and thei knew that be middl_class wasn't just about have a certain amount of monei in your bank_account __PUNCT__

it wa about the valu you care about and the respons that you took and the commun that you believ in and how you were abl to have some secur to take care of your famili and give your children a better chanc than you did __PUNCT__

and when we come togeth and we tap into those valu __PUNCT__ when we rememb what we made of and who we ar and how we got here and that we didn't get here alon becaus somebodi out there wa help us along the wai __PUNCT__ then all that monei spent on tv advertis doesn't matter __PUNCT__

all those neg_ad don't happen __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we not bui it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that what i rememb __PUNCT__

that what i know about __PUNCT__ how you gui not onli inspir me __PUNCT__ but you inspir each other __PUNCT__

and you can still do that __PUNCT__

you still inspir me __PUNCT__

when i told you in __NUM__ that i wa run for presid __PUNCT__ i told you __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ i not a perfect man __PUNCT__ michel tell me that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i wouldn't be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

but i promis that i would tell you what i thought __PUNCT__ i tell you where i stood __PUNCT__ and i promis i would work everi singl_dai __PUNCT__ i would fight as hard as i knew how __PUNCT__ for you __PUNCT__

becaus i saw myself in you __PUNCT__

i saw my kid in your kid and my grandpar in your grandpar __PUNCT__

and i kept that promis __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

i have kept that promis __PUNCT__

and i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me and you will to stand with me and work with me and knock on door with me and make phone_call with me __PUNCT__ i promis you we will not just win thi elect __PUNCT__ we will finish what we start __PUNCT__ and we will remind the world why america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__