Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

it good to be back __PUNCT__

thank you so much __PUNCT__

it is good to be back in iowa __PUNCT__ and it good to be back in boon counti __PUNCT__ a coupl of folk i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ your outstand former governor and now __PUNCT__ i think __PUNCT__ the best secretari of agricultur we ever had __PUNCT__ tom vilsack __PUNCT__

a great friend of mine __PUNCT__ my cochair for my campaign when i wa just get start in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ he took a risk on me when nobodi could pronounc my name __PUNCT__ tom miller is in the hous __PUNCT__ attornei_gener of the great state of iowa __PUNCT__

and pleas give dave a big round of applaus for the great introduct __PUNCT__

dave mai have mention he is a music teacher __PUNCT__

and i told him that malia and sasha have been practic their piano __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and malia plai a littl flute __PUNCT__

but he mention that he thought __PUNCT__ he had heard me sing __PUNCT__ and he thought that i had realli good pitch __PUNCT__

so i __PUNCT__ so dave sai he got a band __PUNCT__ and mayb after i finish with the presid __PUNCT__ he said mayb i could be front man for the band __PUNCT__

he said i might be __PUNCT__ mayb i could be lead_singer __PUNCT__

that would be all right __PUNCT__

but listen __PUNCT__ it is wonder to be back in iowa __PUNCT__

it is wonder to see some familiar face and some good_friend on a beauti summer dai __PUNCT__

it wa on your front_porch and in some of your backyard where our movement for chang start __PUNCT__

we spent a lot of time in iowa __PUNCT__ and i felt like an adopt son of iowa __PUNCT__

we were on __PUNCT__ we took bu_tour all throughout the state __PUNCT__ although i got to admit the bu wasn't as nice as the on i got now __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and we went to school gym and famili_farm and small_busi all across the state __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ our journei is not over __PUNCT__

it not done __PUNCT__

so i go to spend the next __NUM___dai drive all the wai across the state __PUNCT__ just like we did in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ from council bluff all the wai to the quad citi __PUNCT__ and i go to work just as hard __PUNCT__ mayb harder __PUNCT__ in thi campaign as i did in the last on __PUNCT__ becaus the choic that you face in __DATE__ couldn't be bigger __PUNCT__

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

but more than ani elect in recent_memori __PUNCT__ thi is a choic between two fundament differ vision about how we move thi countri forward __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 have an impact not just on your live __PUNCT__ but on the live of these young_peopl here __PUNCT__ the live of your children __PUNCT__ live of your grandchildren for decad to come __PUNCT__

think about it __PUNCT__

when we came togeth __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ and it wasn't just democrat __PUNCT__ we had independ and some republican get involv __PUNCT__ the idea wa to restor the basic bargain that made thi countri great __PUNCT__ the basic_idea that sai if you work_hard in thi countri __PUNCT__ then you can get ahead __PUNCT__ that if you put in the effort and you ar respons __PUNCT__ then you can find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

you can have a home that you call your own __PUNCT__

you won't go bankrupt when you get sick __PUNCT__

you can retir with some digniti and some respect __PUNCT__

and mayb most importantli __PUNCT__ you know that your kid can get a great educ and thei can dream bigger and do even better than you did __PUNCT__

that is the core of the american_dream __PUNCT__

that the american promis __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the problem is __PUNCT__ is that we had gone through a decad where that promis wasn't be met __PUNCT__ it wasn't be kept __PUNCT__

so we had gone through a decad where job were be ship oversea __PUNCT__ where you were work_harder __PUNCT__ but you were bring in less __PUNCT__

cost of colleg __PUNCT__ cost of health_care were all go up __PUNCT__ cost of food __PUNCT__ cost of ga all were go up __PUNCT__

we ran two war on a credit_card __PUNCT__

tax_cut we didn't need and that didn't creat_job __PUNCT__

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

so we knew that meet these challeng that had been build up for over a decad __PUNCT__ that it wasn't go to be easi __PUNCT__

we knew it wa go to take more than on year or on term or even on presid __PUNCT__

but what we also knew wa that american ar tougher than tough_time __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ even though thi crisi that hit us in __NUM__ and __NUM__ wa bad __PUNCT__ even though a lot of folk lost their job and a lot of folk lost home and a lot of folk lost save __PUNCT__ so that the middl_class felt even more under the gun than thei were befor __PUNCT__ what we knew wa that the american_peopl ar resili and we ar tough __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ for the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ we roll up our sleev __PUNCT__ and we work_hard __PUNCT__

and small_busi have kept their door_open __PUNCT__

and folk __PUNCT__ even if thei got laid off __PUNCT__ thei retrain to find new job __PUNCT__

and we creat 4½ million new job __PUNCT__ half a million more in manufactur __PUNCT__

the auto_industri is back on top __PUNCT__

and so we made progress but we got a lot more work to do __PUNCT__

we got a lot more work to do __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we can do it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we can do it __PUNCT__

i agre __PUNCT__

we can __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ here the thing __PUNCT__

some peopl __PUNCT__ thei naysay __PUNCT__ and thei sai __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ america is on declin __PUNCT__

and thei try to paint thing as dark as possibl __PUNCT__ especi dure elect time __PUNCT__

but here what i want everybodi to know __PUNCT__ we got so mani thing go for us compar to the rest of the world __PUNCT__

we still got the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best entrepreneur in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist and the best research in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best colleg and the best univers in the world __PUNCT__

we know how to work_hard __PUNCT__

and we a young countri __PUNCT__ and we a countri that draw on the divers of folk who want to come here from all around the world to be part of thi american_dream __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ the crisi ha not chang our charact __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang our sens of determin and our sens of neighborli and our understand that we in thi thing togeth __PUNCT__

and so we come togeth __PUNCT__ just like we did in __NUM__ becaus our mission is not yet finish __PUNCT__

we ar here to build an economi where hard_work pai off __PUNCT__

and so no matter who you ar or what you look like or where you come from __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try here in america __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about 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__ just like __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

forti more beer __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ just as i said that we got a lot of thing go for us __PUNCT__ there aren't ani quick fix or easi solut to some of our challeng __PUNCT__

we go to have to keep work __PUNCT__

we go to meet these challeng __PUNCT__

but the main_problem we got is not a lack of good_idea __PUNCT__

it not that we don't have good solut to our problem __PUNCT__

the big_problem we got right now is polit in washington __PUNCT__

the big problem we got is on parti just think that compromis is a dirti word __PUNCT__

and thei got an econom_theori that basic want to go back to the old top __PUNCT__ down econom that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ over the weekend my oppon chose as hi run_mate the ideolog leader of the republican in congress __PUNCT__

and i gotten to know congressman ryan __PUNCT__

he a good_man __PUNCT__

he a famili_man __PUNCT__

he a veri articul spokesperson for governor romnei vision __PUNCT__

the problem is __PUNCT__ it the wrong vision for america __PUNCT__

it a vision that i fundament disagre with __PUNCT__

their main recip for solv america problem is get rid of regul on big_corpor and big_bank and then give more tax_break to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

and their theori is that somehow that go to lead to job and prosper for everybodi __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ the centerpiec of governor romnei entir econom_plan __PUNCT__ you heard thi from dave __PUNCT__ is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ a lot of it go to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ keep in mind __PUNCT__ these ar the folk who sai the deficit and the debt ar the biggest_problem we got __PUNCT__

and yet thei now want to give a __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__

i know these number get so big __PUNCT__ but i just want you to get a sens __PUNCT__ our entir defens_budget annual is __MONEY___billion __PUNCT__

so what thi mean is __PUNCT__ a __MONEY___trillion tax_break over __NUM___year __PUNCT__ that the equival of the entir defens_budget go out as a tax_cut everi singl year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ keep in mind that thi is go disproportion to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

last week __PUNCT__ we found out that governor romnei expect you __PUNCT__ middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ to pick up the tab for thi big tax_cut __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and pleas don't take my word for it __PUNCT__

you can go to their web_site and look at their plan __PUNCT__

and then independ economist have look at thi thing __PUNCT__ and thei said that governor romnei tax_plan would actual rais_tax on middl_class class_famili with children by an averag of __MONEY__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ keep in mind __PUNCT__ thi is not __MONEY__ to reduc the deficit or to grow job or to invest in educ or make colleg more afford or to rebuild our road __PUNCT__

thi is __MONEY__ to give anoth __MONEY__ tax_cut to peopl_make more than __MONEY___million a year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me just see a show of hand __PUNCT__

how mani folk ar make more than __MONEY__ million a year __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ okai __PUNCT__ thi gui back here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i look for a campaign_contribut __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ let me tell you someth __PUNCT__ thei have tri to sell us thi trickl __PUNCT__ down fairi dust befor __PUNCT__

and it did not work then __PUNCT__ it won't work now __PUNCT__

it not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it not a plan to cut the deficit __PUNCT__

and it not a plan to move our economi forward __PUNCT__

we don't need more tax_cut for the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

we don't need a tax cut for mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ we don't need a tax cut for me __PUNCT__

we need tax_relief for middl_class class_famili who ar out there work to make sure that their kid ar healthi and their kid can go to colleg __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid becaus i got a differ idea __PUNCT__

i got a differ idea than mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__

when i came into offic __PUNCT__ i promis that i would cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ i kept that promis __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

you did __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

when you hear these republican sai that __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ obama is all about spend and rais_tax __PUNCT__ let me tell you __PUNCT__ the typic famili is pai___MONEY__ less in tax than when i came into offic __PUNCT__

that the truth __PUNCT__

that a fact __PUNCT__

so now i want to keep tax right where thei ar on the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom __PUNCT__

so if your famili make___MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__ like __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax tax_increas by a singl dime next year under my plan __PUNCT__

not on dime __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you fortun enough to be in the other __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ you still get a tax_cut for your first __MONEY___worth of incom __PUNCT__

but after that __PUNCT__ we ask you to contribut a littl bit more so we can pai down our deficit and invest in thing like educ that help our economi_grow __PUNCT__

i make sure the govern doe it part by cut awai spend we don't need __PUNCT__

we alreadi cut a trillion_dollar of spend we didn't need __PUNCT__ and we can do more __PUNCT__

i want to do anoth trillion __PUNCT__ trillion and a half of cut __PUNCT__

but we also got to match that with folk like me and governor romnei do our fair_share __PUNCT__

and all we ask is that we go back to the same_rate that we paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ that wa a time when our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and millionair did pretti_good too __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ what happen is that when a teacher or a construct_worker or a famili farmer or a receptionist or a nurs __PUNCT__ when thei got a littl extra_monei __PUNCT__ what do you do __PUNCT__ you end up spend it on thing you need __PUNCT__

so mayb you haven't got a new car in __NUM___year __PUNCT__ you go out and bui a car __PUNCT__

or mayb the wash_machin is broke __PUNCT__ and you decid to bui a new wash machin __PUNCT__

mayb you go out to a restaur on a special occas __PUNCT__

mayb you take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__

that monei goe into the economi __PUNCT__ busi have more custom __PUNCT__ thei hire more worker and everybodi is better off from top to bottom __PUNCT__

i don't believ in top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

i believ in middl_class __PUNCT__ out econom __PUNCT__

i believ in bottom __PUNCT__ up econom __PUNCT__

that how you grow an economi __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

there a differ between me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei on almost everi issu __PUNCT__

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

i said let bet on the american_worker __PUNCT__

and __NUM___year later __PUNCT__ the american auto_industri is back on top __PUNCT__

gm is number on again __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ so i want to make sure that high __PUNCT__ tech manufactur_job ar take root right here in boon __PUNCT__ not in china __PUNCT__ not in germani __PUNCT__

governor romnei __PUNCT__ he like to tout hi privat_sector experi __PUNCT__

but a lot of that experi is invest in compani that were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ of outsourc __PUNCT__

we don't need more outsourc __PUNCT__ we need some insourc __PUNCT__

i want to take awai tax_break __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__

let stop give tax break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

let give those tax_break to compani that ar invest right here in iowa __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

my oppon and i disagre when it come to homegrown energi like wind __PUNCT__

wind_power is creat new job all across iowa __PUNCT__

but governor romnei sai he want to end the tax_credit for wind_energi produc __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ america gener more than twice as much electr from wind than when i took offic __PUNCT__

and the wind industri __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that right __PUNCT__

the wind industri support about __NUM___job right here in iowa __PUNCT__

without these wind_energi tax_credit __PUNCT__ those job ar at risk __PUNCT__ __NUM___job across the countri would be at risk __PUNCT__

so my attitud is let stop give taxpay_subsidi to oil_compani that don't need them and let invest in clean_energi that will put_peopl back to work right here in iowa __PUNCT__

that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

i run becaus in __NUM__ i promis to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and i did __PUNCT__

i promis to go after al qaida and bin_laden __PUNCT__ and we did __PUNCT__

we put a timelin to get our troop out of afghanistan and put afghan in charg of their own secur __PUNCT__

so all of thi is possibl onli becaus of the extraordinari sacrific and servic of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

and we ar so proud of them __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we got to do right by them __PUNCT__

we got to make sure that we serv our veteran as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__

that why we put more monei into the va __PUNCT__ make sure that folk ar get the benefit that thei have earn __PUNCT__ whether it the wound that ar seen or the wound that ar unseen __PUNCT__

but it also mean that after a decad of war __PUNCT__ we need to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home so that all our men and women in uniform ar come home to good __PUNCT__ pai_job __PUNCT__

that why i said let take half the monei that we were spend on war and let put folk back to work right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

let put them back to work rebuild school and rebuild road and rebuild bridg __PUNCT__

and let creat a veteran job corp to help hire veteran to becom cop and firefight in commun that need them the most __PUNCT__

that the america we want to build __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

i run becaus i want to make sure that onc again america ha the best educ_system in the world __PUNCT__

so 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 a chanc to go to commun_colleg to get train for the job that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

and we have a plan to push colleg and univers to bring down their cost of tuition __PUNCT__ becaus young_peopl __PUNCT__ thei can't be burden with ten of thousand of dollar __PUNCT__ worth of debt when thei go to school __PUNCT__

a higher_educ isn't a luxuri anymor __PUNCT__ it is an econom necess in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

and we ar go to help them get the educ that thei need __PUNCT__

across the board __PUNCT__ governor romnei and i just see the world differ __PUNCT__

when it come to hous __PUNCT__ i want to make sure that everybodi who hasn't yet taken advantag of these histor low_interest_rate ha a chanc to refin their home __PUNCT__

it can save folk up to __MONEY__

governor romnei plan __PUNCT__ he said just let the hous_market bottom out __PUNCT__

that not a solut __PUNCT__ that part of the problem __PUNCT__

he ha got a differ view than i do in term of how we move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

when it come to health_care __PUNCT__ i guess he us to agre with me becaus he had the same health_care_plan that i did in massachusett __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ that plan is work pretti_good __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ he sai he want to kill obamacar __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ i don't mind it be call obamacar becaus __PUNCT__ it true __PUNCT__ i do care __PUNCT__

that why i pass the bill __PUNCT__

i do care __PUNCT__

i care about folk who have preexist condit and couldn't get insur __PUNCT__

that why we pass the bill __PUNCT__

i care about the 6½ million young_peopl who can now stai on their parent plan becaus of thi bill __PUNCT__

i care about the senior who were pai too much for their prescript_drug __PUNCT__

we close the doughnut hole becaus of thi bill and lower their prescript drug cost __PUNCT__

so i don't believ that you should go broke when you get sick in thi countri __PUNCT__

and i work with anybodi who want to continu to improv our health_care_system __PUNCT__

but the suprem_court ha spoken __PUNCT__ the law is here to stai __PUNCT__

we not spend the next __NUM___year refight that battl __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__

we not go backward __PUNCT__

that a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ boon __PUNCT__ all these thing __PUNCT__ whether it bring manufactur_job job_back __PUNCT__ put folk back to work in construct __PUNCT__ protect your health_care __PUNCT__ make sure our kid ar get the best educ possibl and thei can afford to go to colleg __PUNCT__ all these thing that make up that american_dream __PUNCT__ that make up a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__ thei all tie togeth __PUNCT__

thei central to that idea that made thi countri great __PUNCT__ the promis that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ you get ahead __PUNCT__ that everybodi ha a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

it the promis that our parent and our grandpar pass down to us __PUNCT__

that the promis that allow me __PUNCT__ the child of a singl_mom __PUNCT__ to becom presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

it the promis that allow michel __PUNCT__ whose dad wa a blue __PUNCT__ collar_worker and her mom wa a secretari __PUNCT__ to becom the first ladi __PUNCT__

it the promis that all of you have seen in your own live __PUNCT__

and now it time for us to pass that down to our kid and our grandkid __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ the other side will spend more monei than you have ever seen run the same ad over and over again __PUNCT__ basic __PUNCT__ which sai __PUNCT__ the economi is not where it should be and it obama fault __PUNCT__

thei just repeat it over and over again __PUNCT__

thei got differ variat __PUNCT__ but it all the same theme __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

thei not right __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ thei not constrain by the fact __PUNCT__ in term of these ad that thei run __PUNCT__

thei just make stuff up __PUNCT__

and that mai be a plan to win the elect __PUNCT__ but the reason thei got to do that is becaus thei know thei don't have a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

thei don't have a plan to grow the economi __PUNCT__

thei don't have a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

what thei sell __PUNCT__ you not bui __PUNCT__

that why thei don't talk about it __PUNCT__

i got that plan __PUNCT__

and we can make it work __PUNCT__ but i go to need your help __PUNCT__

i got to make sure everybodi here is regist to vote __PUNCT__

i got to make sure everybodi is get their friend and their neighbor __PUNCT__ their famili_member to regist to vote __PUNCT__

you can get a voter_registr form onlin __PUNCT__

you go to __URL__

that __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ g __PUNCT__ o __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__ __URL__

but if you gui get involv __PUNCT__ we can't lose __PUNCT__

i been outspent befor and i been count out befor __PUNCT__

but the reason i love thi state is becaus all of you gave me a chanc __PUNCT__

i had a chanc to talk to you and meet you and share stori with you __PUNCT__

and i us to sai back in __NUM__ that i not a perfect man and i won't be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

but i told you i alwai tell you what i thought __PUNCT__ alwai tell you where i stood __PUNCT__ and i fight everi singl_dai as hard as i knew how for you __PUNCT__

and the reason is becaus i see myself in you __PUNCT__

when i see your grandpar __PUNCT__ i see my grandpar __PUNCT__

and when i see your kid __PUNCT__ i see malia and sasha __PUNCT__

and we know what it like to work and to fight hard to get ahead __PUNCT__

and i want everybodi in america to have that same chanc that i had __PUNCT__

becaus we have come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

we got too mani good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got too mani great teacher to hire __PUNCT__

we got too mani school to rebuild __PUNCT__

we got too mani student who need to get a colleg_educ __PUNCT__

we got too mani wind_farm to build __PUNCT__

we got more troop we got to bring_back back_home __PUNCT__

we got to open up more door to opportun __PUNCT__

and if you stand with me and work with me and organ with me and knock on door with me __PUNCT__ boon __PUNCT__ i promis you __PUNCT__ we will win iowa and we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

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

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__