Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ chicago __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ how everybodi do __PUNCT__ it is good to be back_home __PUNCT__

chicago look good __PUNCT__

and all of you look good __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ at thi point __PUNCT__ audienc member sang __PUNCT__ happi birthdai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ thank you veri much __PUNCT__

it is true __PUNCT__ i am now __NUM__ __PUNCT__

michel __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

so am i __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you ar too __PUNCT__ you look better than i do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ michel sai i do not look a dai over __NUM__ __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ there ar a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ dj vinc adam __PUNCT__ thank you so much __PUNCT__

dj cassidi __PUNCT__ thank you so much __PUNCT__

my great friend __PUNCT__ kal penn __PUNCT__ thank you for all that you do __PUNCT__

and everybodi on the gen __NUM__ host committe __PUNCT__ thank you for the great job you gui did __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we just had the olymp close ceremoni __PUNCT__

we could not be prouder of our u. __PUNCT__ athlet __PUNCT__ bring_home the gold __PUNCT__ conduct themselv as we would hope that somebodi would conduct themselv repres the unit_state __PUNCT__

thei just did an outstand job __PUNCT__

and i know that all of you look like pretti smart folk __PUNCT__ so you were spend most of your time watch the olymp __PUNCT__ if you were watch tv __PUNCT__

but unless your cabl is broken __PUNCT__ you probabl also know we got a pretti intens campaign go on right now __PUNCT__

and the reason that thi is such an intens campaign is becaus we could not have a bigger choic in front of us than the on that we face in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two candid or two polit_parti __PUNCT__

more than ani other elect __PUNCT__ thi is a choic about two differ vision for the countri __PUNCT__ for two differ direct of where america should go __PUNCT__

and the direct that we choos __PUNCT__ the direct that you choos when you walk into that vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ is go to make a differ not just in your life __PUNCT__ but in the live of your children and in the live of your grandchildren __PUNCT__

it will make a differ for decad to come __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ we came togeth __PUNCT__ not just democrat __PUNCT__ we had republican __PUNCT__ we had independ __PUNCT__ we came togeth becaus we felt as if the basic bargain that built thi countri wa in danger __PUNCT__

it wa a bargain that said here in america __PUNCT__ if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you can get ahead __PUNCT__

the basic_idea that if you act respons __PUNCT__ if you ar put in all your effort __PUNCT__ then you can find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

you can find a home you can call your own __PUNCT__

you can send your kid to colleg __PUNCT__

you won't go bankrupt when you get sick __PUNCT__

you can retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ the next gener can dream even bigger and do even better than we ever imagin __PUNCT__

that the core of the american_dream __PUNCT__

that the basic american promis that made us the envi of the world __PUNCT__ that made us the most power economi in the world __PUNCT__ that built the largest middl_class in the world __PUNCT__ that idea that here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we had gone through a decad in which that basic compact seem as if it wasn't true for too mani peopl __PUNCT__

folk at the top were do veri well __PUNCT__ but for ordinari famili all across america __PUNCT__ it felt as if peopl were work_harder __PUNCT__ make less while the cost of everyth from health_care to colleg were go up __PUNCT__

job were be ship oversea __PUNCT__

we ran two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__

we turn surplus into deficit __PUNCT__

and it all culmin in the worst financi_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we spent the last 3½ year try to get us back on track __PUNCT__

we save an auto_industri on the brink of collaps __PUNCT__

we work with the financi_sector to start do thing the old __PUNCT__ fashion wai __PUNCT__ lend to busi and famili __PUNCT__ instead of engag in reckless specul __PUNCT__

four and a half_million new job have been creat __PUNCT__ half a million manufactur_job __PUNCT__ the most sinc the 1990 __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ chicago __PUNCT__ we got a long wai to go __PUNCT__

all of us know friend __PUNCT__ neighbor __PUNCT__ famili_member who ar still out of work or whose home ar still underwat __PUNCT__

too mani folk ar still burden by enorm colleg debt __PUNCT__

too mani folk still don't have a sens that tomorrow will be better than todai __PUNCT__

and so the question in thi elect is __PUNCT__ which wai do we go __PUNCT__ do we go forward toward a new vision of an america in which prosper is share __PUNCT__ or do we go backward to the same polici that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

forward __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i believ we have to go forward __PUNCT__

i believ we got to keep work to creat an america where no matter who you ar __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 who you love __PUNCT__ you can make it here if you try __PUNCT__

that what at stake in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ the good new is even though there ar no quick fix to our challeng __PUNCT__ we got everyth we need to make_thing thing_work here in america __PUNCT__

we still have the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we still got the best entrepreneur in the world __PUNCT__

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

we a young nation __PUNCT__ and we got the greatest divers of talent and ingenu from everi corner of the globe __PUNCT__

wit thi room __PUNCT__

chicago is an exampl of what make thi countri great __PUNCT__

right __PUNCT__ so what hold us back is not the lack of big_idea or good plan __PUNCT__

what hold us back is a brand of washington polit that sai we ar not go to compromis __PUNCT__ no matter what __PUNCT__

it gridlock and stalem and dysfunct __PUNCT__

and it an idea propag by the other side that somehow we go to grow thi economi from the top down __PUNCT__ and that if peopl at the top ar do realli __PUNCT__ realli well __PUNCT__ then everybodi els is automat go to benefit __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thi kind of top __PUNCT__ down econom is central to governor romnei __PUNCT__ and it is central to hi run_mate __PUNCT__

just yesterdai morn __PUNCT__ my oppon chose hi run mate __PUNCT__ the ideolog leader of the republican in congress __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__

paul_ryan __PUNCT__

and i want to congratul __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ i want to congratul congressman ryan __PUNCT__

i know him __PUNCT__

i welcom him to the race __PUNCT__

congressman ryan is a decent man __PUNCT__

he is a famili_man __PUNCT__

he an articul spokesman for governor romnei vision __PUNCT__

but it a vision that i fundament disagre with __PUNCT__

my oppon and congressman ryan and their alli in congress __PUNCT__ thei all believ that if we just get rid of more regul on big_corpor and we give more tax_break to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ it will lead to job and prosper for everybodi els __PUNCT__

that what thei propos __PUNCT__

that where thei take us if thei win __PUNCT__

and thi is not specul __PUNCT__

it on their web_site __PUNCT__

it embodi in the budget that the hous_republican republican_vote for repeatedli __PUNCT__

the centerpiec of governor romnei entir econom_plan is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ a lot of it go to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

thi is on top of the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__

last week we found out that to pai for thi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ not onli would we see them gut educ invest __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ gut invest in scienc and research __PUNCT__ gut invest in thing like rebuild our road and our bridg __PUNCT__ but it turn out that governor romnei tax_plan would also rais_tax on middl_class class_famili by an averag of __MONEY__ each __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

not to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ mind you __PUNCT__

not to creat more job __PUNCT__

independ economist have look at it __PUNCT__ thei said there noth in governor romnei plan that would creat_job right now __PUNCT__

thi would all be in order to give anoth __MONEY__ tax_cut to peopl who ar make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million a year or more __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

thei have tri thi befor __PUNCT__

thei have tri to sell us thi trickl __PUNCT__ down fairi dust befor __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and guess what __PUNCT__ it did not work __PUNCT__

it did not work __PUNCT__

it not a plan to cut the deficit __PUNCT__

it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it not a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

it not a plan to move our economi forward __PUNCT__

we don't need more tax_cut for folk like me __PUNCT__

we need to give tax_relief to work_american __PUNCT__ to middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ for folk who ar try to rais their kid and keep them healthi and send them to colleg and keep a roof over their head __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis the american_peopl i wa go to cut_tax on middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and that what i did __PUNCT__

the typic middl_class class_famili is actual pai___MONEY__ less in their tax than when i came into offic __PUNCT__

and i want to keep incom_tax exactli where thei ar for everybodi who make___MONEY__ a year or more __PUNCT__ which is about __NUM__ percent of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ and __NUM__ percent of small_busi __PUNCT__

so if your incom is __MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__ your incom_tax will not go up a dime __PUNCT__

on the other hand __PUNCT__ if you lucki enough __PUNCT__ like i am __PUNCT__ to be in the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__ what we said is you can afford to do a littl bit more so that we can pai down our deficit and still help young_peopl go to colleg and still make sure that we invest in basic research to cure thing like alzheim and cancer __PUNCT__

we ask you to contribut a littl bit more __PUNCT__

and look __PUNCT__ govern is still go to have to do it part __PUNCT__

we alreadi cut a trillion_dollar of spend __PUNCT__ an addit___MONEY__ __MONEY___trillion is slate to be made __PUNCT__

we can cut out program that don't work to make sure we can invest in the thing that do __PUNCT__

we can make govern more streamlin __PUNCT__ more effici __PUNCT__

but if we realli go to be seriou about reduc the deficit and grow the economi __PUNCT__ then for folk like me to go back and pai at the rate that exist when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ when we creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__ and creat a whole bunch of millionair to boot __PUNCT__ that is the right plan for america __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ the reason that it the right plan is becaus when a construct_worker or a teacher or a receptionist __PUNCT__ when thei got a littl monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ what do thei do __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

spend it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei mayb go out and bui that new car or bui that new applianc or go to a restaur or __PUNCT__ heaven forbid __PUNCT__ thei take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and so that mean busi ha more custom __PUNCT__ and thei hire more worker __PUNCT__

histor __PUNCT__ that is how our economi ha grown __PUNCT__

not from the top down __PUNCT__ but from the middl out __PUNCT__ from the bottom up __PUNCT__

when we creat opportun for everybodi who work_hard to get ahead __PUNCT__ thi economi_grow __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ that choic __PUNCT__ you can see it in everi issu between myself and mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__

when the auto_industri wa on the brink of collaps __PUNCT__ governor romnei said __PUNCT__ let __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ with a million worker and an icon american_industri on the line __PUNCT__ i go to bet on the american_worker __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ three year later __PUNCT__ gm is number on again and the american auto ha come roar back __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

so now i want to make sure that high __PUNCT__ tech manufactur take root not in china __PUNCT__ not in germani __PUNCT__ but here in the unit_state __PUNCT__

i want to stop give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

let give those tax_break to compani that ar invest here in chicago __PUNCT__ invest in cleveland __PUNCT__ invest in pittsburgh __PUNCT__

let creat_job here in the unit_state __PUNCT__ hire american_worker __PUNCT__ make american product __PUNCT__ sell them around the world __PUNCT__ stamp with three proud word __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

i run to make sure that after a decad of war __PUNCT__ we start do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

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

i said we go after al qaida and bin_laden __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

now we begin a transit in afghanistan __PUNCT__ make afghan more respons for their own secur __PUNCT__ and bring our troop_home __PUNCT__

all of thi is possibl onli becaus of the extraordinari men and women in uniform who protect our freedom everi singl_dai at great sacrific to themselv __PUNCT__

but the question now is what countri ar thei come back to __PUNCT__ we want to give them a countri full of opportun __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ part of that mean make sure that we do right by them __PUNCT__

and as long as i am command in chief __PUNCT__ thei ar go to get the benefit that thei have earn __PUNCT__ becaus if you fought for america __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have to fight for a job or a roof over your head when you come home __PUNCT__

but it also mean make sure the economi is absorb all these folk who ar come home __PUNCT__ which mean i want to take about half of the monei that we were spend on war and let start invest it here in rebuild our school and road and bridg __PUNCT__

let make sure that we put teacher back to work __PUNCT__

there is so much that we can do with the save that we had and it will make_america stronger __PUNCT__ it will make america safer not just for the next __NUM___year or the next __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ but for decad to come __PUNCT__

that the america we want to build __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

i run becaus i want to make sure we got the best educ_system in the world __PUNCT__

so i want to help local_school school_district __PUNCT__ i want to help local_school school_district hire and retain the best teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to give __NUM___million more peopl the opportun to go to commun_colleg and get train for the job that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

and i want to make sure __PUNCT__ build on the work that we alreadi done __PUNCT__ that we make colleg afford __PUNCT__ not onli by make sure that we continu to expand our effort in pell_grant and student_loan __PUNCT__ but also that we make sure that colleg and univers ar keep their cost down __PUNCT__

becaus higher_educ is no longer a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is an econom necess in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ and we got to fight for it __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

on everi issu __PUNCT__ there is a stark_contrast __PUNCT__

when it come to homeownership __PUNCT__ my oppon sai __PUNCT__ just let the foreclosur bottom out __PUNCT__

that not a solut __PUNCT__

i want to make sure that homeown across american can refin at histor low_rate __PUNCT__ save___MONEY__

how mani peopl here can us an extra __MONEY__ that would strengthen the hous_market and put_monei in peopl pocket that will make the economi stronger __PUNCT__

my oppon sai that we should go back to the dai when folk went broke becaus thei got sick __PUNCT__

he want to kill the afford_care_act __PUNCT__ also known affection as obamacar __PUNCT__

i believ that it wa the right thing to do for young_peopl to be abl to stai on their parent plan __PUNCT__ __NUM___million young_peopl have insur that didn't have it befor __PUNCT__

i think it wa the right thing to do to make sure that folk without preexist condit ar abl to get health_insur __PUNCT__

i think it is the right thing to do for senior to get discount on their prescript_drug __PUNCT__

i think it the right thing to do for everybodi to be abl to get prevent_care __PUNCT__ includ women who can have some control over their own health_care decis __PUNCT__

we not go backward __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

we did the right thing to end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

we not go back __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

we did the right thing help out __PUNCT__ dream act __PUNCT__ kid __PUNCT__

we not go to go backward __PUNCT__ we not go to go backward __PUNCT__ we go forward __PUNCT__

across the board __PUNCT__ on these issu __PUNCT__ all of these thing __PUNCT__ whether we talk about manufactur __PUNCT__ a fair_tax tax_code __PUNCT__ a strong hous_market __PUNCT__ afford colleg __PUNCT__ a k __PUNCT__ __NUM__ system that work __PUNCT__ all these thing stitch togeth __PUNCT__

it ha to do with how do we creat secur for middl_class folk and how do we creat ladder of opportun for everybodi __PUNCT__

that how we alwai grown thi economi __PUNCT__

that is at the heart of what we believ __PUNCT__ that everybodi who work_hard ha a shot __PUNCT__ that everybodi get a fair shot __PUNCT__ everybodi doe their fair_share __PUNCT__ everybodi plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ a belief that we ar in thi togeth __PUNCT__ that we ar not all on our own __PUNCT__

that the vision that we put_forward in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that is the vision that we ar fight for in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

and that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ let me just close up by sai thi __PUNCT__

we got less than __NUM___month __PUNCT__ less than __NUM__ month __PUNCT__

that goe by quick __PUNCT__

and as you get older __PUNCT__ as you get to be like __NUM__ __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you will find out it goe by even quicker __PUNCT__

and dure thi time we will see the other side spend more monei through these super_pac than we ever seen __PUNCT__ ever __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ thei ar write __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__ just __PUNCT__ thei ar just crank it out __PUNCT__

if you live in a battleground_state __PUNCT__ you cannot get awai from their advertis __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the reason thei have to advertis like thi is becaus thei know their econom_theori don't sell __PUNCT__

thei know __PUNCT__ we didn't get amnesia __PUNCT__

we rememb try what thei sell __PUNCT__ and it didn't work __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so thei basic just go to repeat over and over again __PUNCT__ the economi is not good and it obama fault __PUNCT__

thei have variat on the theme __PUNCT__ but it the same_thing over and over again __PUNCT__

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

it not a plan to strengthen the economi __PUNCT__

it not a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

it not a plan to make_america stronger __PUNCT__

it feed into fear and the cynic that so mani american_feel about washington __PUNCT__ but it not a plan for hope __PUNCT__

it not __PUNCT__ it doesn't captur america at it best __PUNCT__ a big __PUNCT__ bold __PUNCT__ gener __PUNCT__ optimist america __PUNCT__

and so the good new is we been outspent befor __PUNCT__ i been count out befor __PUNCT__ but what ha alwai given me faith __PUNCT__ what given me hope __PUNCT__ what given me confid is you __PUNCT__

it all of you __PUNCT__

it the fact that when the american_peopl come togeth __PUNCT__ thei cannot be stop __PUNCT__

when peopl power is har __PUNCT__ when you gui ar out there knock on door __PUNCT__ make_thing happen __PUNCT__ you can't be stop __PUNCT__

so i go to need your help __PUNCT__

we come too far to go back now __PUNCT__

we got too mani good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got too mani teacher we need to hire __PUNCT__

we got too mani school we got to rebuild __PUNCT__

we got too mani student who need help afford colleg __PUNCT__

we got too much homegrown energi that we got to gener __PUNCT__

we got more troop we got to bring_home __PUNCT__

we got more door of opportun that we have to open __PUNCT__

and that what at stake __PUNCT__

and so i am not just ask for your vote __PUNCT__ i am ask for your work __PUNCT__

i need your help over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__

i don't need you just knock on door __PUNCT__ i need you to make phone_call __PUNCT__ i need you to talk to your friend __PUNCT__ i need you to talk to your neighbor __PUNCT__

i need you gui to load up and go over into iowa __PUNCT__ a battleground_state __PUNCT__ and knock on some door and make some phone_call over there __PUNCT__

we got to get help __PUNCT__

you got to get involv in the elect __PUNCT__

you got to get on our web_site __PUNCT__

you got to make sure that you ar sign up __PUNCT__

if you ar as passion and as energ and as determin as you were befor __PUNCT__ then we won't lose __PUNCT__

and it is true that i am older and a littl grayer __PUNCT__ but i made a promis to you in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i said i alwai tell you what i thought __PUNCT__ i alwai tell you where i stood __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ i told you i would alwai __PUNCT__ everi singl_dai __PUNCT__ everi minut of everi dai __PUNCT__ think about you __PUNCT__ and fight as hard as i knew how for you __PUNCT__

i have kept that promis __PUNCT__

i still believ in you __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me __PUNCT__ and ar will to get out there and work over the next __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ we will not just win thi elect __PUNCT__ but we will finish what we start and remind the world just why it is the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ chicago __PUNCT__

god bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__