Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ virginia beach __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in virginia __PUNCT__ a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ pleas give ricki a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

we ar so proud of her __PUNCT__ not just for introduc me __PUNCT__ that not that big a deal __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but her serv her countri __PUNCT__ first in uniform herself and then as a militari spous __PUNCT__

she is an exampl of what is best about america __PUNCT__ and we could not be prouder of her __PUNCT__

a coupl other peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ your outstand former governor and soon __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ be unit_state state_senat __PUNCT__ tim kain __PUNCT__

your outstand former governor and alreadi senat __PUNCT__ mark warner __PUNCT__

we got your second congression_district candid __PUNCT__ paul hirschbiel is here __PUNCT__

and i want to give a special acknowledg to somebodi who not here __PUNCT__ but who we will alwai rememb __PUNCT__

she wa a true trailblaz __PUNCT__ not just here in virginia __PUNCT__ but across the countri __PUNCT__ and did so much for so mani __PUNCT__

so we ar truli bless to have known and we profoundli miss state_senat yvonn miller __PUNCT__ who is now in a better place __PUNCT__

and our thought and prayer go out to her famili __PUNCT__

her two brother were here __PUNCT__ i had a chanc to meet them __PUNCT__ and we so proud of them __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ some of you mai have notic that we ar in campaign season __PUNCT__

i know that surpris to mani of you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i don't suppos you seen ani advertis on tv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ we ar see more monei spent than ani time in american_histori __PUNCT__ a lot of it undisclos __PUNCT__ come from folk who can write __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__

most of the ad ar neg __PUNCT__ in fact __PUNCT__ almost all of the ad ar neg __PUNCT__

and it understand that as you watch these tv_ad __PUNCT__ that you start think that polit just doesn't seem to get what go on in your live __PUNCT__ that there so much neg and so much cynic __PUNCT__

and it understand if at a certain point __PUNCT__ peopl just sai __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ there a disconnect here __PUNCT__ thi is not speak to me __PUNCT__ it not speak to what go on in my neighborhood __PUNCT__ in my commun __PUNCT__

but i just want to remind everybodi that in __NUM__ there were a lot of folk who didn't believ either in the possibl of chang __PUNCT__

there were folk that count us out __PUNCT__ peopl who were sure that a gui name barack_obama could not be elect_presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and what we __PUNCT__ and so the reason we came togeth wa not becaus we thought it wa a sure thing __PUNCT__ it wa becaus we share a set of valu __PUNCT__

we believ in the basic bargain that ha been the bedrock of thi nation for well over __NUM___year __PUNCT__

and i wa think as i wa about to come out about thi __PUNCT__ which will be my last campaign __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ i mean __PUNCT__ there a term_limit thing in the presid __PUNCT__

thi isn't like congress __PUNCT__ i can't just keep on run __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

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

but it made me think about my first campaign __PUNCT__ my earliest campaign __PUNCT__ and the reason i got into polit in the first place __PUNCT__

some of you know my grandpar were part of that world_war_ii __PUNCT__ great_depress gener __PUNCT__

and my grandfath fought in patton armi and my grandmoth work on a bomber assembl_line __PUNCT__

and when my grandfath came back __PUNCT__ at that point my mom had been born __PUNCT__ he wa abl to go to colleg becaus of the gi_bill __PUNCT__

and thei were abl to bui their first home with some help from the fha __PUNCT__

and then my mother __PUNCT__ she wa a singl_mom __PUNCT__ my dad left befor i even rememb him __PUNCT__

but she wa still abl to give me and my sister thi unbeliev educ __PUNCT__ becaus of scholarship and grant and the fact that she wa will to work_hard so that she could work and go to school at the same_time and rais two kid __PUNCT__

and then i think about michel famili __PUNCT__

her dad __PUNCT__ he wa a blue __PUNCT__ collar_worker __PUNCT__ work at the water filtrat plant in chicago __PUNCT__

and even though he had ms __PUNCT__ so he __PUNCT__ by the time i met him __PUNCT__ he couldn't realli walk __PUNCT__

he had to us two cane __PUNCT__

and he have to wake up an hour earli __PUNCT__ earlier than everybodi els __PUNCT__ to get to work __PUNCT__ just to put on hi cloth and get readi for work __PUNCT__

but he never miss a dai work __PUNCT__

and michel mom __PUNCT__ she stai at home and look after michel and her brother until thei got older __PUNCT__ and then work as a secretari most of her life __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ despit these modest begin __PUNCT__ michel and her brother craig could go to the best school on earth __PUNCT__ and rise up to do extraordinari thing __PUNCT__

so in my first campaign __PUNCT__ when i thought about why am i get into polit __PUNCT__ the reason wa becaus we __PUNCT__ my famili __PUNCT__ michel famili __PUNCT__ we had benefit from thi basic american bargain __PUNCT__

thi idea __PUNCT__ at the heart of thi nation __PUNCT__ that if you will to work_hard __PUNCT__ if you ar will to take respons __PUNCT__ then you ar not constrain by the circumst of your birth __PUNCT__

you can go as far as your dream can take you __PUNCT__

if you will to work hard __PUNCT__ then you can find a job that support a famili __PUNCT__

and you can have a home to call your own __PUNCT__

and you won't be bankrupt when you get sick __PUNCT__

and even if you weren't born into wealth __PUNCT__ you can make sure your kid get a great educ and go on to colleg __PUNCT__

mayb you can take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__

i wa up in ohio talk about my favorit vacat __PUNCT__

when i wa __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ my grandmoth __PUNCT__ my mother __PUNCT__ my sister and me __PUNCT__ we travel the countri __PUNCT__ but we didn't do it on jet __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we took greyhound and the train __PUNCT__ and i think twice we rent a car __PUNCT__

and we stai at howard johnson __PUNCT__

and if there wa a pool somewher __PUNCT__ no matter __PUNCT__ it could look like a puddl it could be so small __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i wa so excit __PUNCT__

and you go to the ic machin and the vend_machin __PUNCT__ i wa __NUM___year old __PUNCT__ that wa a big_deal fill up that bucket of ic and get that soda __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and the point wa that your vacat didn't have to be fanci __PUNCT__

it just gave you a sens of how you could spend_time with each other __PUNCT__

that wa part of that american_dream __PUNCT__

and then the notion that you could retir with digniti and respect after a lifetim of work __PUNCT__

that the idea that got me into polit __PUNCT__ becaus my feel wa __PUNCT__ given how much thi countri had given me and given michel __PUNCT__ i want to make sure that that same bargain held for the next gener __PUNCT__ that it wasn't just about me __PUNCT__ it wa about make sure that everi american had those same opportun __PUNCT__

and the interest_thing is __PUNCT__ when i first start run for the u. __PUNCT__ senat __PUNCT__ let sai __PUNCT__ in illinoi __PUNCT__ and i be drive around and we go to downstat illinoi and small_farm town __PUNCT__ or sometim we be in the big_citi like chicago __PUNCT__ no matter who you met __PUNCT__ thei had those same_stori in their background __PUNCT__

black __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ latino __PUNCT__ asian __PUNCT__ it didn't matter __PUNCT__ thei rememb their parent or their grandpar or great __PUNCT__ grandpar __PUNCT__ some of them immigr __PUNCT__ some of them brought here not by choic __PUNCT__ but each success_gener believ that thi union could be perfect and that if thei realli work_hard and were abl to overcom whatev barrier in their wai __PUNCT__ that thei could succe __PUNCT__

so i ran in __NUM__ becaus i felt that that bargain wasn't reach enough peopl __PUNCT__

and the reason so mani of you support me in __NUM__ wa becaus you understood that that dream wa slip awai for too mani peopl __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that we had gone through a decad in which wage and incom weren't go up no matter how hard you work __PUNCT__ while the cost of everyth from colleg to health_care to groceri to ga kept on go up and peopl worri that mayb their kid might not do as well as thei did __PUNCT__ when the idea wa alwai that your kid do better than you do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and so that what brought us togeth __PUNCT__

the campaign in __NUM__ wa not about a singl candid __PUNCT__

it wasn't about me __PUNCT__

it wa about us and our desir to make sure that the american_dream continu for the next gener and the gener after that and the gener after that __PUNCT__

and what __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ what we didn't realiz at the time wa we were about to confront the worst financi_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__ million of peopl thrown out of work __PUNCT__ folk lose the valu of their home __PUNCT__

and so in some wai __PUNCT__ that dream seem even further awai __PUNCT__

but you know __PUNCT__ we work_hard over the last 3½ year to try to restor that belief that in thi countri you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

and that how we were abl to save an auto_industri __PUNCT__

when some said let let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said we go to bet on american_worker and american_industri __PUNCT__ and now gm is back on top __PUNCT__ and ford and chrysler ar sell car __PUNCT__ becaus we believ in that american promis __PUNCT__

busi start get back to basic __PUNCT__ and we now creat more than __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ more than __NUM__ manufactur_job creat dure thi time __PUNCT__

we seen all across the countri folk who got laid off retrain __PUNCT__ go back to a commun_colleg and be abl to find a new job in a new industri __PUNCT__ small_busi struggl __PUNCT__ sometim keep their door_open even though thei not take a salari becaus thei know their employe depend on them and their famili depend on them __PUNCT__

it turn out that america is tougher than ani tough_time __PUNCT__

but what we also understand is we still got more work to do __PUNCT__ becaus __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ the reason i ran and the reason you support me wasn't just to get back to where we were in __NUM__ the reason we came togeth wa to restor that promis for middl_class class_famili and all who ar strive to get into the middl_class __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

and we got a lot more work to do on that front __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ i got to tell you __PUNCT__ thi elect in some wai is go to be more import than __NUM__ becaus after 3½ year of not get much help from the other side __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i think what fair to sai is __PUNCT__ is that we now have a stalem in washington __PUNCT__

solv our problem __PUNCT__ make sure that good_job ar creat here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ make sure that those good_job pai and have basic benefit __PUNCT__ make sure that we bring down our deficit in a respons wai __PUNCT__ make sure that we maintain cut __PUNCT__ edg industri here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ make sure we got the best educ_system possibl __PUNCT__ we know how to do those thing __PUNCT__

what hold us back is not an absenc of new idea __PUNCT__ it not a lack of solut __PUNCT__

it the fact that there ar two fundament differ vision about how we move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

and so thi elect is about more than just two candid or two polit_parti __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__

thi is about which direct we take thi nation __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the other side __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__

romnei and hi alli in congress __PUNCT__ thei got a veri particular idea about how we move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

and it basic involv take the countri_back __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

their econom idea __PUNCT__ you can summar it realli easili __PUNCT__

thei basic want to give __MONEY___trillion in new tax_cut __PUNCT__ mostli for the wealthi __PUNCT__ on top of the bush_tax_cut even if it mean gut invest in educ __PUNCT__ even if it mean gut invest in basic research __PUNCT__ even if it mean that we not rebuild america infrastructur __PUNCT__ even if it start cut into benefit that we provid to our veteran __PUNCT__

the basic_idea is that if you help folk at the top __PUNCT__ at the veri top __PUNCT__ and if you elimin regul that we put in place to make sure bank can't just do whatev thei want __PUNCT__ or consum aren't cheat by their credit_card_compani __PUNCT__ or insur_compani can't take advantag of their custom __PUNCT__ elimin those regul __PUNCT__ cut_tax at the veri top __PUNCT__ that somehow __PUNCT__ all those benefit ar go to trickl down on you __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that the economi is go to improv and you ar go to benefit __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i have to tell you __PUNCT__ i think thei wrong __PUNCT__

and the reason i think thei wrong __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ is becaus we tri it __PUNCT__

we tri it for most of the last decad __PUNCT__

and what were the result __PUNCT__ we end up turn record surplus into record deficit __PUNCT__

wage __PUNCT__ incom stagnat __PUNCT__

job_growth sluggish __PUNCT__

and it culmin in the worst financi_crisi that we seen sinc the 1930 __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you try someth and it doesn't work __PUNCT__ why would you try it again __PUNCT__ why would we want to go back to that __PUNCT__ i got a differ idea __PUNCT__

i don't think top __PUNCT__ down econom work __PUNCT__

i believ that we grow thi economi from the middl out __PUNCT__ from the bottom up __PUNCT__

i believ the heart and soul of thi countri is make sure that work_peopl can feel some secur in the middl_class and we grow our middl class and we go back to that basic american bargain that sai everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi doe their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ if you want a specif exampl of the differ between my approach __PUNCT__ my vision __PUNCT__ our vision __PUNCT__ and the other side version __PUNCT__ let look at the debat we have about tax right now __PUNCT__

i have cut_tax for middl_class class_famili by an averag of __MONEY__ sinc i been in offic __PUNCT__

becaus my attitud wa work_peopl were the on who were hurt most sever by the crisi __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ if thei got a tax_break __PUNCT__ thei were most like to spend that monei for necess and put it back into circul __PUNCT__ and that would do the most for the economi __PUNCT__

so just in case some of your friend or neighbor __PUNCT__ or uncl jim __PUNCT__ who a littl stubborn and been watch fox new __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and he think that somehow i rais_tax __PUNCT__ let just be clear __PUNCT__ we lower_tax for middl_class class_famili sinc i came into offic __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ what i said is that the wai the law is set up right now __PUNCT__ if we do noth __PUNCT__ on __DATE__ everybodi tax go up __PUNCT__

everybodi incom_tax go up on __DATE__ if congress doe noth __PUNCT__

so what i said is now is not the time to rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__

the economi is still fragil __PUNCT__

we still dig ourselv out of thi hole __PUNCT__

so let provid certainti to __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__

nineti __PUNCT__ eight percent of american make___MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__ let sai to that __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ your tax will not go up __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ thi is the first __MONEY__ of incom __PUNCT__ which mean that even millionair would get a littl tax_break becaus for their first __MONEY__ their tax wouldn't go up __PUNCT__

the republican sai thei agre that middl_class tax should not go up __PUNCT__

that my belief __PUNCT__

so what i said is if we both agre that middl class tax shouldn't go up __PUNCT__ let go ahead and get thi done tomorrow __PUNCT__

let get thi done next week __PUNCT__

what the holdup __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it turn out that the holdup is we got a disagr on the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__

the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__ folk like me __PUNCT__ we don't need a tax_break __PUNCT__

and it turn out if you give us a tax break along with the __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ that cost about a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__

we alreadi benefit from most of the tax_cut over the last decad __PUNCT__ so we don't need it __PUNCT__ we least like to spend it __PUNCT__

it least like to give a boost to the economi __PUNCT__

we can't afford it becaus we try to bring down our deficit and try to control our debt __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the republican disagre with me on thi __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei disagre with me on thi __PUNCT__

and my attitud is __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ that fine __PUNCT__ but let not hold middl_class folk hostag __PUNCT__

the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__ those tax_cut __PUNCT__ that will be settl in the next elect __PUNCT__

and i look forward to have a debat __PUNCT__ becaus if you sai you want to bring down the deficit __PUNCT__ but you not will to let tax cut laps for the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__ it tell me you not seriou about deficit_reduct __PUNCT__

but we can have that debat __PUNCT__

but in the meantim __PUNCT__ let go ahead and help middl_class class_famili right now __PUNCT__

and so far __PUNCT__ i have not gotten an okai from the other side on that __PUNCT__

and that tell me i guess thei not that seriou about deficit_reduct __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

those folk let him down __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ but thi is just an exampl of their broader theori __PUNCT__

thei think that if you just help wealthi investor __PUNCT__ it help everybodi __PUNCT__

i think the opposit __PUNCT__

let take small_busi __PUNCT__

i cut small busi tax __NUM___time sinc i been in offic __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ __NUM__ percent of small_busi make___MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__

so for __NUM__ percent of small_busi __PUNCT__ thei also benefit if we went ahead and got that done right now __PUNCT__

so far __PUNCT__ thei haven't taken me up on thi offer __PUNCT__

but what thi show is the differ in philosophi __PUNCT__ becaus i believ that if you do well __PUNCT__ then the countri doe well __PUNCT__

i believ if the small busi person and the teacher and the construct_worker and the firefight and all those folk who put in a hard dai work everi dai __PUNCT__ if thei do well __PUNCT__ then everybodi doe well __PUNCT__

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

i run becaus i want to make sure that everi young_person in america ha a great educ __PUNCT__

i got a plan to hire new teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

we alreadi expand the pell_grant program to help make colleg more afford __PUNCT__ provid tax_credit to middl_class class_famili to help make colleg more afford __PUNCT__

i want to keep on go and make sure that __NUM___million more peopl can go to commun_colleg to get train in the job that exist right now and lower colleg_tuition cost __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

i run becaus i believ we should have manufactur_job creat here in the unit_state __PUNCT__

i don't think the auto_industri is uniqu __PUNCT__ i think there ar a whole bunch of compani who we can attract back to the unit_state __PUNCT__

but we go to have to chang our tax_code and stop give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

give those tax_break to compani that ar move_back here to the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ hire american_worker __PUNCT__ make product stamp with three proud word __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

i am run for presid becaus there ar a lot of folk in virginia who have serv us in uniform with such braveri and dedic and patriot __PUNCT__ and i want us to keep faith with our troop and make sure that our fundingveteran get the benefit that thei have earn and that militari famili like ricki ar get the help that thei need when their love on ar fight on our behalf __PUNCT__

but part of keep faith is also make sure that we got a smart nation_secur strategi __PUNCT__

and it also mean make sure that we got a strong economi to support a strong militari __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ i promis we would end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and we end it __PUNCT__

we ar transit in afghanistan and begin to bring our troop_home from that theater __PUNCT__

we have gone after al qaida __PUNCT__ decim their leadership rank __PUNCT__ taken out osama_bin_laden __PUNCT__

so now i think it a good_time for us to take half of those save that we gotten from wind down these war __PUNCT__ us half of it to pai for the deficit __PUNCT__ us the other half to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

let put american back to work rebuild our road and our bridg __PUNCT__ build broadband line into rural_area __PUNCT__ make sure that we got the best airport and the best rail line in the world __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ becaus i want to rebuild america and put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

u.s.a __PUNCT__ u.s.a __PUNCT__ u.s.a __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i run becaus i want to build not just the best energi_polici in the world here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ i also want us to take the lead in clean_energi __PUNCT__

we seen oil_product go up __PUNCT__

we see natur_ga product go up __PUNCT__

and we doubl our invest and product in solar and wind and biodiesel __PUNCT__

i don't want us to be depend on what happen in the middl_east for our energi __PUNCT__

i want us to develop homegrown energi __PUNCT__

i want us to stop give tax subsidi to oil_compani that ar alreadi incred profit __PUNCT__

i want to doubl down on our invest in clean_energi that never been more promis __PUNCT__ in solar and wind and biodiesel __PUNCT__ and put_peopl back to work so that we can free ourselv from depend on foreign_oil and build up america __PUNCT__

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

and i run so that we bring down our deficit and our debt in a balanc __PUNCT__ respons wai __PUNCT__

we alreadi made a lot of tough cut to the feder_govern __PUNCT__ and i prepar to do more __PUNCT__

i don't believ that everi govern_program work __PUNCT__

i don't believ that govern is the answer for everi problem __PUNCT__

we not go to improv our school unless our parent ar focus on educ __PUNCT__

american can't be look for handout __PUNCT__

there ar some folk you can't help if thei not will to help themselv __PUNCT__

but what i also believ is __PUNCT__ is that there ar some invest like in educ __PUNCT__ or in basic research __PUNCT__ or in transport __PUNCT__ there ar basic invest we need to make to grow our economi __PUNCT__

and so if we go to bring down our deficit in a sensibl wai that grow the economi and grow our middl_class __PUNCT__ it can't be base simpli on cut to basic program and ask noth from those who have been the most fortun in thi societi __PUNCT__

so what i said is we make cut __PUNCT__ but we also go to ask the wealthiest american like me to do a littl bit more __PUNCT__

and i promis you __PUNCT__ we can afford it __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ the last time we did that __PUNCT__ it work __PUNCT__

bill_clinton did it __PUNCT__ and we end up have __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__

we went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__ and we creat a whole bunch of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

so don't tell me that that go to destroi job __PUNCT__

that go to creat_job becaus we do it in a wai that focus on build the middl_class __PUNCT__

and there ar a whole bunch of wealthi american who understand that and ar will to do the right thing if thei ask __PUNCT__

and i prepar to ask them __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

so we got a lot of work to do __PUNCT__

we got a lot of work to do __PUNCT__

and the wai we go to get it done is by you make a decis __PUNCT__

there mai be some __PUNCT__ there ar peopl who agre with mr __PUNCT__ romnei and hi alli in congress __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ that how our democraci work __PUNCT__

even though the theori that thei ar promot thei tri __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

don't believ it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__ thei want to try it again __PUNCT__

that the wai our democraci work __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ i bet that the american_peopl __PUNCT__ thei don't want to go backward __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you don't want to refight the fight we had in health_care __PUNCT__

let me tell you __PUNCT__ health care wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

if you alreadi have health care __PUNCT__ the onli thing thi bill doe is make sure that it even more secur and insur_compani can't jerk you around __PUNCT__

it allow young_peopl to stai on their parent health_insur insur_plan __PUNCT__ __NUM___million young_peopl have alreadi benefit from that program __PUNCT__

it lower prescript_drug cost for senior __PUNCT__

it guarante prevent_care for everybodi __PUNCT__ includ women __PUNCT__

thirti million_peopl ar go to be abl to get health_insur that didn't have it befor __PUNCT__ and that mean __PUNCT__ and we help them get it __PUNCT__

and the onli thing that we have said is if you can afford to get health insur and you don't __PUNCT__ you can't pass those cost on to somebodi els __PUNCT__

you got to take respons __PUNCT__ that part of the american wai __PUNCT__

so we not go to refight that battl __PUNCT__

i notic the hous of repres __PUNCT__ the republican in the hous of repres __PUNCT__ thei vote to repeal it again __PUNCT__

that wa the 33d time thei done that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thirti __PUNCT__ three vote to repeal the health_care_bill __PUNCT__ all it would take is on vote to make sure that all of you don't see your tax go up next year __PUNCT__

you tell me what would be a better us of time __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei doesn't think we should have a timet for get out of afghanistan __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

i don't want to go backward __PUNCT__ i want to go forward __PUNCT__

the other side sai thei want to go back to the dai when you could not serv the countri you love becaus of who you love __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

i don't want to go backward __PUNCT__ i want to go forward __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei sai that undocu_worker in thi countri should self __PUNCT__ deport __PUNCT__

my belief is that we ar a nation of law and a nation of immigr __PUNCT__ and i want to make sure that we get comprehens_immigr immigr_reform that give young_peopl who been rais here a chanc to live out their own american_dream __PUNCT__

i don't want to go backward __PUNCT__ i want to go forward __PUNCT__

all these thing that i talk about __PUNCT__ it all goe back to that first campaign i ran __PUNCT__

it all goe back to my famili and your famili and thi basic_idea of how we make sure that the middl_class is strong and grow in thi countri __PUNCT__ how do we make sure that folk who aren't quit there yet __PUNCT__ if thei work_hard enough __PUNCT__ can get into that sens of secur and take care of their famili __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ we have learn from our histori that that done togeth __PUNCT__

when previou_gener gener_fund the gi_bill or built the hoover dam and the golden gate bridg or sent a man to the moon or invest in the basic research that creat the internet __PUNCT__ thei didn't do that becaus it wa go to benefit on person or a hand of peopl or on group __PUNCT__

thei did it becaus thei understood we rise or fall togeth __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

and that how i want to move thi countri forward __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

and that why i run again as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

but if i go to get there __PUNCT__ i go to need you __PUNCT__

the wai thi democraci work __PUNCT__ the choic is go to be up to you __PUNCT__

and over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you ar go to see more neg_ad than you ever seen in your life __PUNCT__

you go to start get out that dvr to block them out and fast __PUNCT__ forward and all that stuff __PUNCT__

and the other side __PUNCT__ thei basic just have on argument __PUNCT__ which is the economi is not where it should be and it obama fault __PUNCT__

and thei just keep on repeat that over and over again becaus thei know thei don't have new idea __PUNCT__

thei know the american_peopl wouldn't just bui what thei sell on it own __PUNCT__

so thei don't want to talk about what thei go to do __PUNCT__ thei just want to talk about what hasn't gotten done __PUNCT__

and that mai be a wai to try to win an elect __PUNCT__ but it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it not a plan to strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__

and i don't care how much monei thei spend __PUNCT__

what you taught me in __NUM__ is that when regular folk __PUNCT__ when work_peopl __PUNCT__ when all of you tap into that basic decenc and good of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ when you focu on what true and what right and you cut through all the nonsens and all the nois and all the spin and you rememb your famili and your parent and your grandpar and everyth thei did to give you the opportun that you had __PUNCT__ then you can't be stop __PUNCT__

when you decid chang is go to happen __PUNCT__ chang happen __PUNCT__

when you decid we move_forward __PUNCT__ we move forward __PUNCT__

that what you taught me in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

and some of you will rememb __PUNCT__ in that campaign i told you i not a perfect man __PUNCT__ michel told you that too __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i told you i wouldn't be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

but what i told you wa i alwai tell you what i thought __PUNCT__ i alwai tell you where i stood __PUNCT__ and i would spend everi singl_dai that i have the privileg of have thi offic think about you and fight as hard as i knew how to make your live a littl bit better __PUNCT__

i made that promis becaus i saw myself in you and i saw michel in you __PUNCT__

and when i look at your kid __PUNCT__ i see my kid __PUNCT__

and when i look at your grandpar __PUNCT__ i see my grandpar __PUNCT__

and becaus of the valu we share __PUNCT__ i believ in you __PUNCT__

and i hope you still believ in me __PUNCT__

becaus i kept that promis __PUNCT__ and i fought for you __PUNCT__ and i go to keep on fight for you as long as i have a chanc to be your presid __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand up with me and knock on door with me and make phone_call and get out and organ __PUNCT__ then we finish what we start in __NUM__ and we remind the world just why it is that the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__