Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ portland __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ it is great to be back in portland __PUNCT__

and i just want to point out everi time i come to portland __PUNCT__ it like __NUM___degre and sunni __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i just want to make that point __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i not sai that i the reason __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but there doe seem to be a correl between __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg becaus thei do outstand work __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ your excel governor __PUNCT__ john kitzhab __PUNCT__

he make a differ __PUNCT__

former governor barbara robert __PUNCT__ we love barbara __PUNCT__

secretari of state kate brown is here __PUNCT__

kate is make sure here in oregon __PUNCT__ everybodi get a chanc to vote __PUNCT__

we like that in her __PUNCT__

mayor sam adam is here __PUNCT__

i want to thank somebodi who put so much work into thi event __PUNCT__ terri bean __PUNCT__

give terri a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

and even if you ar a duck fan __PUNCT__ i want you to give a big round of applaus to the best brother __PUNCT__ in __PUNCT__ law anybodi could ever hope for and an outstand basketbal coach of the oregon state beaver __PUNCT__ craig robinson __PUNCT__

so no offens __PUNCT__ duck fan __PUNCT__ but i got to root for famili __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if folk have chair __PUNCT__ feel_free to sit down __PUNCT__

if you don't __PUNCT__ i see a few do __PUNCT__

if not __PUNCT__ just keep __PUNCT__ make sure to bend your leg so you don't __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you don't faint __PUNCT__

it is wonder to be back in portland __PUNCT__

on of my favorit event ever wa the ralli we had by the water in portland __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

it wa a dai just like todai __PUNCT__

it wa just as pretti as could be __PUNCT__ and there were folk out kayak and out in boat __PUNCT__ and you just could see as far as __PUNCT__ it wa just beauti __PUNCT__

and the peopl could not have been warmer __PUNCT__

and so i just want to thank all of you for be so welcom __PUNCT__

thi is my last polit_campaign __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ i term_limit __PUNCT__

that the wai it work __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and it got me think about some of my first polit_campaign __PUNCT__ when i wa first run for the state_senat __PUNCT__

and craig will rememb thi becaus we have to go to kinko to print out flyer __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and he be draft __PUNCT__ along with michel and some friend __PUNCT__ and we just go around neighborhood knock on door __PUNCT__

and then later __PUNCT__ when i ran for the unit_state state_senat __PUNCT__ which wa a loftier offic __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ but i didn't have a loftier infrastructur around me __PUNCT__ so we didn't have marin on __PUNCT__ we did not have air_forc on __PUNCT__

i drove myself in my car __PUNCT__ usual with on staff person __PUNCT__

and back then __PUNCT__ young_peopl __PUNCT__ you will not rememb thi __PUNCT__ but there were these thing_call map __PUNCT__ becaus we did not have gp __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and so __PUNCT__ and thei were on paper __PUNCT__ and you have to fold them __PUNCT__

you unfold them and then try to fold them back wa realli difficult __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i get lost becaus illinoi is a big state __PUNCT__ and i take the wrong turn and wind up in the wrong town __PUNCT__

and when i final got to the event __PUNCT__ i have to look for my own park spot and __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you end up be late __PUNCT__ and sometim __PUNCT__ it would be rain __PUNCT__ and you had to see if you could find the umbrella somewher in the back with all the junk that wa there __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but i have such fond memori of those campaign becaus when i travel throughout illinoi __PUNCT__ you go to inner citi __PUNCT__ you go to rural __PUNCT__ small_farm town __PUNCT__ you go to suburb __PUNCT__ you meet folk from everi walk of life __PUNCT__ everi race __PUNCT__ everi faith __PUNCT__ everi background __PUNCT__ everi incom level __PUNCT__ what i heard ar stori that remind me of my own famili stori __PUNCT__

so i see a retir veteran __PUNCT__ and he remind me of my grandfath __PUNCT__

and i think back about my grandfath fight in world_war_ii in patton armi __PUNCT__ and while my grandmoth wa work on a bomber assembl_line __PUNCT__ and how when he came back __PUNCT__ he wa abl to go to colleg on the gi_bill and my grandpar were abl to bui their first home with the help of an fha loan __PUNCT__

and i think about the incred journei that thei had travel becaus thei were lucki enough to live here in america __PUNCT__

and i meet a work coupl __PUNCT__

and i think about craig and michel parent __PUNCT__

their dad __PUNCT__ by the time i met him __PUNCT__ could bare walk becaus he had ms __PUNCT__ so he had to us two cane __PUNCT__

and he have to wake up an hour earlier than everybodi els just to get dress to make sure that he punch the clock on time __PUNCT__

he work a blue __PUNCT__ collar_job at the water filtrat plant in chicago __PUNCT__

and craig and michel mom work as a secretari __PUNCT__

but thei had such strong valu and such love for their famili and such a sens of respons that thei were abl to give their kid everyth thei need to thrive and succe __PUNCT__

and i think back to what an incred countri it wa where craig mom and dad would be abl to watch him succe and michel becom the first ladi of the unit_state __PUNCT__ eventu __PUNCT__

and i meet a singl_mom and i think about my own mom __PUNCT__

my dad left befor i even knew him and so she had to rais me and my sister and work and go to school at the same_time __PUNCT__

but becaus she wa abl to get grant and scholarship __PUNCT__ she wa abl not onli to get a great educ herself and __PUNCT__ ultim __PUNCT__ help women around the world develop themselv __PUNCT__ but she wa also abl to give me and my sister thi incred educ and these incred opportun __PUNCT__

and so everywher i go around illinoi __PUNCT__ and eventu __PUNCT__ everywher i went as a presidenti_candid __PUNCT__ what i consist see is thi run thread __PUNCT__ thi core theme __PUNCT__ thi basic bargain that is at the heart of thi countri __PUNCT__

and it can be describ veri simpli __PUNCT__

it that here in america __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ no matter what your last name is __PUNCT__ no matter where you worship __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ if you will to work_hard __PUNCT__ you can make it __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ if you ar act respons __PUNCT__ you can succe __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ thi basic notion that if you will to make an effort __PUNCT__ you can find a job that pai a live_wage and allow you to support a famili __PUNCT__ that you can get a home that you can call your own __PUNCT__ that you can have the secur that if somebodi in your famili get sick you won't go bankrupt __PUNCT__ that you can send your kid to a good school __PUNCT__ you can retir with some digniti and respect __PUNCT__ and that your kid can do better than you ever imagin __PUNCT__

that what america is about __PUNCT__

that what ha made us the envi of the world __PUNCT__ thi idea that here you can make it and that everybodi get a fair shot and that everybodi doe their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

that what built the greatest middl_class in the histori of the world __PUNCT__

that what made us an econom superpow __PUNCT__

and i here todai for the same reason that i came __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

when i ran in __NUM__ it wa becaus that basic bargain __PUNCT__ that basic notion that you could make it here if you try __PUNCT__ that had start to slip awai for more and more peopl __PUNCT__

we gone through a decad in which peopl were work_harder __PUNCT__ but make less monei __PUNCT__ while the cost of everyth from colleg_educ to health_care were go up __PUNCT__

we had fought two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__

we had taken a surplu __PUNCT__ and becaus of tax_cut that weren't paid for __PUNCT__ we had turn them into deficit __PUNCT__

and it all culmin in incred reckless on wall_street that result in the worst financi_crisi and econom_crisi in our histori __PUNCT__

and so in an environ in which job and factori were be ship oversea and folk at the top were do veri well while middl_class class_famili were struggl __PUNCT__ we came togeth sai that __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ it would take more than on year or on term or mayb even on presid to turn thi thing around __PUNCT__

but we were go to fight for the kind of chang that would ensur we got back to that basic american promis __PUNCT__ that basic_idea that if you work_hard in thi countri you can make it __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thi crisi ha been deeper and more brutal than __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ anybodi back then anticip __PUNCT__

but over the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ everyth i done __PUNCT__ everyth my administr ha done __PUNCT__ ha stai focus on that goal __PUNCT__

and so where we were lose __NUM___job a month when i wa sworn into offic __PUNCT__ we been creat_job now for almost __NUM___year straight __PUNCT__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ __NUM__ in manufactur __PUNCT__ the fastest manufactur growth sinc the 1990 __PUNCT__

we help to make sure that small_busi were abl to surviv thi brutal recess and invest in them __PUNCT__

and so we made progress __PUNCT__

but we still have million of folk who ar out of work and in home that ar underwat __PUNCT__ so we got a lot more work to do __PUNCT__

understand all that __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ when i hear cynic sai that __PUNCT__ or suggest that our best dai ar behind us __PUNCT__ i got to tell them __PUNCT__ you haven't wit the charact of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

on of the great privileg of be presid is you meet_peopl all across the countri __PUNCT__ just like i us to meet folk all across illinoi __PUNCT__

and when you see the charact and the grit and the determin of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ you can't help but be optimist __PUNCT__

anybodi who think that our best dai ar behind us __PUNCT__ thei haven't met the small __PUNCT__ busi_owner in minnesota who chose to sacrific some of their own perk and pai just to avoid lai off a singl worker dure the recess __PUNCT__

thei haven't been to auto plant in michigan or ohio that were never suppos to build anoth car again and now can't build them fast enough __PUNCT__

the cynic __PUNCT__ thei must not have met the worker that i meet __PUNCT__ a factori_worker in her fifti in north_carolina __PUNCT__ who decid that __PUNCT__ when the furnitur industri left town __PUNCT__ she get her degre in biotechnolog from a local_commun commun_colleg __PUNCT__ she said __PUNCT__ not just to get a job of the futur __PUNCT__ but also to show her kid that in thi countri __PUNCT__ we don't give up __PUNCT__

if we get knock down __PUNCT__ we pick ourselv back up __PUNCT__ and we can succe and achiev our dream __PUNCT__

so there ar no quick fix or easi solut to some of the challeng we face __PUNCT__

thei built up over decad __PUNCT__ and we have begun to move thi countri in the right direct __PUNCT__

but i have no doubt that we got the capac to meet everi singl on of these challeng __PUNCT__

we got the best worker in the world and the best entrepreneur __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist and the best research __PUNCT__ the best colleg and the best univers __PUNCT__

we got the greatest divers of talent and ingenu that come from all around the globe __PUNCT__ everi corner __PUNCT__

and no matter what the naysay mai tell us __PUNCT__ there not a countri on earth that wouldn't trade place gladli with the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

so what stand in our wai __PUNCT__ for all the progress we made __PUNCT__ what prevent us from make even more progress is polit __PUNCT__

it what go on in washington __PUNCT__

it is a stalem in which on side ha an uncompromis view that the onli path forward is to go back to the stuff that didn't work befor __PUNCT__ the same top __PUNCT__ down econom that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

i disagre with them __PUNCT__

i think thei ar wrong __PUNCT__

at stake in thi elect ar two fundament differ vision about how we move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

thei believ in top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

i believ in middl __PUNCT__ out econom __PUNCT__

i believ in bottom __PUNCT__ up econom __PUNCT__

i believ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

that what i fight for __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit state of america __PUNCT__

let me give you a few exampl of the choic becaus all of you ar go to ultim be the on who break thi stalem __PUNCT__

tomorrow the senat is go to vote on a bill that sai that if you earn less than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ your tax will not go up next year by a singl dime __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ member of both parti sai that thei agre thi should happen so that our famili and our busi have a littl more secur and certainti go forward __PUNCT__ which would be good for the economi __PUNCT__

but of cours __PUNCT__ we ar deal in washington __PUNCT__ the onli place where peopl agre on someth and still can't get it done __PUNCT__

so republican in congress __PUNCT__ thei decid appar that thei not go to let thi bill_pass __PUNCT__

despit the fact that __NUM__ percent of american make___MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__ so we could provid __NUM__ percent of american certainti that their tax would not go up __PUNCT__ despit the fact that thi would be good for the economi and invest climat __PUNCT__ thei decid to hold middl_class tax_cut hostag until we also agre to spend anoth __MONEY___trillion on tax_break for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__ folk who don't need tax break __PUNCT__ and frankli __PUNCT__ mani of them aren't even ask for them __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei doesn't just approv of thi strategi __PUNCT__ he want to import thi into the white_hous __PUNCT__

hi econom_plan is __PUNCT__ and thi is the entir gist of hi econom plan __PUNCT__ is to cut more tax for the most wealthi american __PUNCT__ to cut more regul for bank and corpor __PUNCT__ includ regul we just put in place in respons to the worst financi_crisi we had in our lifetim __PUNCT__ to cut more invest in thing like educ and research __PUNCT__ all with the hope that somehow thi is go to creat more job and prosper __PUNCT__

that what mitt_romnei believ __PUNCT__ that what hi alli in congress believ __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there on problem with that __PUNCT__

it is an econom_theori __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the hitch is that we tri thi __PUNCT__

as bill_clinton put it a coupl of week_ago __PUNCT__ thi is exactli what wa done befor i took offic __PUNCT__ except on steroid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__

so it not what you believ will grow the economi __PUNCT__

it not what i believ will grow the economi __PUNCT__

it not what most american __PUNCT__ regardless of parti __PUNCT__ believ will grow the economi __PUNCT__

thi countri wa not built that wai __PUNCT__ from the top down __PUNCT__

it wa built from the middl out __PUNCT__

it wa built from the bottom up __PUNCT__

it wa built becaus incred self __PUNCT__ relianc and rug_individu and entrepreneurship and risk __PUNCT__ take wa reward __PUNCT__

and it wa built becaus we invest in great school and great univers and we put rule of the road in place to make sure that everybodi wa be treat fairli __PUNCT__

that how we becam the most prosper nation on earth __PUNCT__

and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__ to go back to what work __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ let me just point out that the approach that i talk about ha also been test __PUNCT__

just like their theori have been test and didn't work __PUNCT__ my theori have been test __PUNCT__

the last time thei were tri wa by a gui name bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and we creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__ and we creat a lot of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the well __PUNCT__ off did well becaus thei had a lot of custom __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that how we grown our economi __PUNCT__

in some wai __PUNCT__ the other side understand that their theori aren't particularli popular __PUNCT__

so rather than explain them clearli __PUNCT__ thei go to spend most of their time try to distort what i sai __PUNCT__

earlier todai governor romnei wa at it again __PUNCT__

he ha been twist my word around to suggest that i don't valu small_busi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ keep in mind __PUNCT__ in polit __PUNCT__ you have to endur a certain amount of spin __PUNCT__

everybodi doe it __PUNCT__

i understand that __PUNCT__

those ar the game that ar plai in campaign __PUNCT__

although i have to sai __PUNCT__ when peopl omit entir sentenc from a speech __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and thei start splice and dice __PUNCT__ thei mai have tip a littl bit over their ski __PUNCT__

thei mai have gone over the edg here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ inaud __PUNCT__ hi tax_return __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but there a real choic here __PUNCT__

as i said __PUNCT__ i believ with all my heart that it is the drive and ingenu of american who start busi that lead to their success __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ that why i cut_tax on small_busi __NUM___time sinc i been presid __PUNCT__

i believ the abil for somebodi who is will to work_hard and sweat and sacrific to turn their idea into a profit busi __PUNCT__ that what make us such a robust __PUNCT__ dynam economi __PUNCT__

we prize that __PUNCT__

but i also believ that if you talk to ani busi_owner __PUNCT__ small or larg __PUNCT__ thei tell you what also help them succe alongsid their hard_work __PUNCT__ their initi __PUNCT__ their great_idea __PUNCT__ is the abil to hire_worker with the right skill and the right educ __PUNCT__

what help them succe is the abil to ship and sell their product on new road and bridg and port and wireless network __PUNCT__

what help them succe is have access to cut __PUNCT__ edg technolog __PUNCT__ which like the internet often start with publicli fund research and develop __PUNCT__

and what help them succe is a strong and grow middl_class so thei got a broader base of custom __PUNCT__

and for two centuri __PUNCT__ we made these invest __PUNCT__ not just democrat __PUNCT__ but republican as well __PUNCT__

thi wa an american_idea __PUNCT__ the idea that what it take to give our peopl and busi the best possibl chanc at success involv individu initi __PUNCT__

but it involv us work togeth as a nation to creat these platform for success __PUNCT__ to expand opportun __PUNCT__

and mr __PUNCT__ romnei disagre with thi __PUNCT__ and he is entitl to hi opinion __PUNCT__

but the approach that he is talk about is not go to help small_busi __PUNCT__ and it not go to creat more market for larg busi __PUNCT__

he is wrong __PUNCT__

we did not build thi countri on our own __PUNCT__

we built it togeth __PUNCT__

and if mr __PUNCT__ romnei doesn't understand that __PUNCT__ then he doesn't understand what it take to grow thi economi in the __NUM___centuri for everybodi __PUNCT__

let me give you anoth exampl __PUNCT__ becaus thi is go to be discuss over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ the issu of debt and deficit __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we got to reduc our debt __PUNCT__ and we got to reduc our deficit __PUNCT__

i __PUNCT__ when i came into offic __PUNCT__ had a trillion_dollar of deficit wait at my doorstep __PUNCT__

and obvious __PUNCT__ the recess made it wors __PUNCT__

but we got to take thi serious over the long_term __PUNCT__

the question is __PUNCT__ how do we reduc it in a balanc wai that promot econom_growth __PUNCT__ i believ you can't reduc the deficit without ask folk like me who have been incred bless by thi countri to give up a littl bit of the tax_cut that thei been enjoi for a decad __PUNCT__ particularli sinc we the on who gain most of the growth in product over the last decad or two __PUNCT__

we done well __PUNCT__

we can afford to give a littl back __PUNCT__

so i go to cut_govern govern_spend that we can't afford __PUNCT__

not everi govern_program work __PUNCT__

it got to be test __PUNCT__

and if it doesn't work __PUNCT__ if it not help to grow the economi and give peopl opportun __PUNCT__ we can't afford it in thi environ __PUNCT__

but i also go to ask folk who make over __MONEY__ a year to go back to the tax_cut __PUNCT__ or the tax_rate that we had under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ mitt_romnei ha a differ theori __PUNCT__

he actual want to cut_tax by an addit___MONEY__ __MONEY___trillion __PUNCT__

and the math is hard to figur __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it hard to figur how you reduc the deficit by blow an addit___MONEY__ hole in the deficit __PUNCT__

and the onli wai you can pai for it is not onli to slash and gut invest in educ and research and infrastructur __PUNCT__ it not onli cut_back on the social safeti_net for vulner famili __PUNCT__ it not onli that you got to voucher medicar __PUNCT__ as he propos __PUNCT__ but you also ultim over the long_term end up have to impos a greater tax_burden on the middl_class __PUNCT__

that not how to grow the economi __PUNCT__

that part of the debat that we go to be have over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__

and if you ask most american and you break it down in that wai __PUNCT__ thei agre that we should not see a bunch of teacher layoff or middl_class tax go up to pai for a tax_break for me __PUNCT__

that part of the reason i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

let me tell you some thing that will work __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 __PUNCT__ let __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

i said let bet on american_worker and american ingenu __PUNCT__ and now gm is back on top __PUNCT__

and ford and chrysler ar build more car than ever __PUNCT__

and so what i said is __PUNCT__ let not stop at detroit __PUNCT__

let not stop at the auto_industri __PUNCT__

let make sure that we promot american advanc manufactur all across the countri __PUNCT__

and let chang our tax_code so that we ar provid tax_break to compani not that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ let give tax_break to compani that ar invest right here in oregon __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ and put american_worker back to work make american product __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

i run becaus after a decad of war __PUNCT__ i think it time for us to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

that will grow our economi __PUNCT__

becaus of the outstand effort of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__ we were abl to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ as i promis __PUNCT__

becaus of their outstand effort __PUNCT__ we were abl to refocu on those who actual carri out the 9/11_attack __PUNCT__

and al qaida is on the run __PUNCT__ and we got bin_laden __PUNCT__

in afghanistan __PUNCT__ we blunt the taliban momentum __PUNCT__ and now we ar begin to transit so that afghan ar in the lead for their own secur __PUNCT__ and we ar begin to bring our troop_home __PUNCT__

and so now the question is __PUNCT__ what ar thei come home to __PUNCT__ as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ thi countri will serv and care for our veteran the same wai that thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who fought for american should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

but what will also help our veteran is what will help our entir economi __PUNCT__ and that is make the invest that will help us grow __PUNCT__

i want to take half of the monei that we save on war __PUNCT__ and let put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__ a whole bunch of hard hat out there __PUNCT__ rebuild our road and our bridg and our school __PUNCT__ lai broadband line into rural_commun __PUNCT__ expand our wireless network __PUNCT__ build high __PUNCT__ speed rail __PUNCT__

that what go to help build america __PUNCT__

i run to make sure that america onc again lead the world when it come to educ our kid __PUNCT__

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

i want to creat___NUM__ __NUM___million more slot for commun_colleg to train worker __PUNCT__ includ folk who been laid off __PUNCT__ for the job that local_busi ar hire right now __PUNCT__

and i want to make sure that we continu to work on reduc the cost of colleg for everi young_person in america __PUNCT__ becaus in the __NUM___centuri a higher_educ is not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is an econom necess that everybodi should be abl to afford __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

we start to see glimmer of the hous_market improv in some market __PUNCT__ but in a lot of place it still a big drag on the economi __PUNCT__

so what i said is let make sure that everi famili can refin at these histor low_rate __PUNCT__ save an averag_famili __MONEY__ which thei will then spend __PUNCT__ and we expand our economi and strengthen the hous_market __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei propos is to let the foreclosur market bottom out __PUNCT__

i don't think that is a plan __PUNCT__ that is the problem __PUNCT__

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

we pass the afford_care_act __PUNCT__

the suprem_court ha spoken __PUNCT__

we ar now implement it __PUNCT__ __NUM___million_peopl will have health_insur that didn't have it befor __PUNCT__

everybodi who ha health insur will have greater secur __PUNCT__

women will have control of their health_care choic __PUNCT__

that the right thing to do __PUNCT__

we not go backward __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

on almost everi issu __PUNCT__ there a contrast __PUNCT__

i believ we did the right thing in end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

i believ that fair is a hallmark of thi countri __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei disagre when it come to __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

but we not go backward __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei want to get rid of fund for plan_parenthood __PUNCT__

i think that is a bad_idea __PUNCT__

i got two daughter __PUNCT__

i want them to control their own health_care choic __PUNCT__

we not go backward __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

and all these thing __PUNCT__ whether it invest in clean_energi and make sure that solar_panel and wind_turbin ar built here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ whether it make sure that health_care is there for peopl who ar work_hard and do the respons thing __PUNCT__ whether it make sure all our young_peopl have access to the higher_educ that thei need __PUNCT__ all these thing tie togeth __PUNCT__

it goe back to that central idea __PUNCT__ the promis that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you can get ahead __PUNCT__ the same promis that our parent and our grandpar pass down to us and that we now have a respons to pass on to our children and our grandchildren __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ the other side will spend more monei than we ever seen on ad __PUNCT__ almost all of them neg __PUNCT__

thei tell you the same_thing that you been hear for month __PUNCT__

as i said __PUNCT__ thei can't sell their own idea __PUNCT__ so thei go to go after us __PUNCT__

and you can boil down their messag veri simpli __PUNCT__ the economi is still struggl __PUNCT__ and it obama fault __PUNCT__

that what thei will repeat __PUNCT__

there will be a lot of variat __PUNCT__ but that go to be their basic messag __PUNCT__

and that mai be a plan to win an elect __PUNCT__

it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it not a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

thei don't have a plan __PUNCT__ i do __PUNCT__

and although __PUNCT__ obvious __PUNCT__ when folk ar write __MONEY___million check to run neg_ad against you __PUNCT__ it get your attent __PUNCT__

i been outspent befor __PUNCT__

we been count out befor __PUNCT__

but what give me hope is that when it count __PUNCT__ the american_peopl can cut through the nonsens __PUNCT__ and thei can focu in on what true and what right __PUNCT__

thei rememb the stori of their own famili __PUNCT__

you rememb the stori of parent or grandpar or great __PUNCT__ grandpar who came here as immigr __PUNCT__ some who came here not of their own accord __PUNCT__ folk who might have work on farm or in the mine or in a factori __PUNCT__ but understood there wa someth special about thi countri that meant your circumst weren't determin by your birth __PUNCT__ that there wa someth around the corner __PUNCT__ someth on the horizon that you could strive toward __PUNCT__

and thei didn't alwai know what to expect __PUNCT__ but thei understood that that is what made america special __PUNCT__

that in our central charter there wa thi idea that we were endow with certain inalien right by our creator __PUNCT__ life and liberti and thi pursuit of happi __PUNCT__ not the guarante of success everi time __PUNCT__ understand we be knock down sometim __PUNCT__ but thi idea that we could pursu_happi __PUNCT__

and our parent __PUNCT__ grandpar __PUNCT__ thei understood be middl_class __PUNCT__ it wasn't just a matter of how much monei you had in your bank_account __PUNCT__ it wa a matter of valu __PUNCT__ understand that you weren't go to get a handout __PUNCT__ that you had to take respons __PUNCT__ but if you did __PUNCT__ you have a shot __PUNCT__ you have a fair shot __PUNCT__

that what thei understood __PUNCT__ and that what thei pass on to us __PUNCT__

and when the american_peopl latch on to that idea __PUNCT__ when thei focu on it __PUNCT__ when you gui __PUNCT__ as you did in __NUM__ understand that that what at stake __PUNCT__ you can't be stop __PUNCT__

you make chang happen __PUNCT__

and so sometim __PUNCT__ i ask __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ you got a pretti tough job __PUNCT__ what get you up everi morn __PUNCT__ it you __PUNCT__

you gui still inspir me __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and some of you mai rememb in __NUM__ i tri to not make promis i couldn't keep __PUNCT__

but i made on promis __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ i not a perfect man __PUNCT__ michel will tell you that __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i am not go to be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

but i can promis you thi __PUNCT__ i will alwai tell you where i stand __PUNCT__ i will alwai tell you what i think __PUNCT__ and i will wake up everi singl_dai fight as hard as i know how for you __PUNCT__

becaus i see myself in you __PUNCT__

in your grandpar __PUNCT__ i see my grandpar __PUNCT__

and in your kid __PUNCT__ i see my kid __PUNCT__

your stori is my stori __PUNCT__

that what i fight for __PUNCT__

that why i run again __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me and ar will to stand with me and knock on door with me and make phone_call with me __PUNCT__ we finish what we start __PUNCT__

and we remind the world why america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god_bless_america __PUNCT__