Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ crusad __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in columbu __PUNCT__ the sun came out for us __PUNCT__

it a good sign __PUNCT__

it is fun to be back in ohio __PUNCT__ and it is great to be here __PUNCT__

i just want to acknowledg a few peopl __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ give steven a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

he wa explain to me what it like be a bmx driver __PUNCT__ rider __PUNCT__

and he said that __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i ask him __PUNCT__ becaus i seen those gui in the olymp __PUNCT__ and i said __PUNCT__ it seem like you gui fall a lot __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and he sai __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ i learn how to fall on my shoulder __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ is that good __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ i broke my shoulder four time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ but he look okai to me __PUNCT__

he do great __PUNCT__

a coupl other peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ your outstand mayor michael coleman is in the hous __PUNCT__

there he is __PUNCT__

and we got congression candid __PUNCT__ joyc beatti is here __PUNCT__

and all of you ar here __PUNCT__

how mani student do we have here __PUNCT__ you gui ar excit about school start up __PUNCT__ everybodi wa sai ye except thi on gui over here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i __PUNCT__ he wa shake hi head __PUNCT__

come on __PUNCT__ man __PUNCT__ it go to be great __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i am glad we got some student here becaus i came to columbu todai to talk about what most of the student here ar do everi dai __PUNCT__

your educ is the singl most import invest that you can make in your futur __PUNCT__

and i proud of all the student who ar here do what it take to make that invest __PUNCT__ the long_hour in the librari __PUNCT__ except for thi gui __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ work in the lab __PUNCT__ be in the classroom __PUNCT__ even when your class start a littl earlier than you had plan __PUNCT__ becaus your educ never been more import __PUNCT__

the degre that you earn from thi univers is the surest path that you will have to a good_job and to higher earn __PUNCT__

it the best tool you have to achiev what is the core promis of thi countri __PUNCT__ the idea that if you work_hard __PUNCT__ your work will be reward __PUNCT__

the basic bargain that sai if you will to put in the effort __PUNCT__ you can do well enough to rais a famili and have a home that you call your own __PUNCT__ have some secur __PUNCT__ put a littl awai for retir __PUNCT__ and most importantli __PUNCT__ make sure that your children __PUNCT__ your grandchildren can do even better and dream even bigger than you did __PUNCT__

that the hope that your parent had for you __PUNCT__

that the hope i have for malia and sasha __PUNCT__

that the hope that you somedai have for your own kid __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__

thi is about more than just your own success __PUNCT__

now more than ever __PUNCT__ your success is america success __PUNCT__ becaus when we invest in your futur __PUNCT__ we invest in america_futur __PUNCT__

the fact is that countri that out __PUNCT__ educ us todai __PUNCT__ thei be abl to out __PUNCT__ compet us tomorrow __PUNCT__

busi ar mobil in the __NUM___centuri economi __PUNCT__ thei can locat anywher __PUNCT__

so thei go to creat_job and thei go to hire wherev thei find the best educ __PUNCT__ most highli_skill skill_worker __PUNCT__

and i don't want them to have to look ani further than right here in columbu __PUNCT__ right here in ohio __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and becaus the economi chang __PUNCT__ over the come decad more than half of new job will requir some form of higher_educ __PUNCT__

it mai not be a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year_colleg colleg_degre __PUNCT__ but you go to need to have gone to a commun_colleg or a technic school to get the skill you need to get hire __PUNCT__

and thi is not break new to ani of you __PUNCT__

what also not break new is the fact that higher_educ ha gotten a lot harder to afford __PUNCT__ it gotten more expens __PUNCT__

over the past___NUM___year __PUNCT__ excus me __PUNCT__ over the past two decad __PUNCT__ tuition and fee at america colleg have more than doubl __PUNCT__

the averag student who borrow to pai for colleg now graduat with about __MONEY___worth of student_loan debt __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ what __PUNCT__ that sound low to you __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i just said the averag __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ for a lot of young_peopl it a lot higher __PUNCT__ and that kind of debt mean pretti tough choic when you first start out __PUNCT__

it might mean put off start a famili or bui a home or put off chase that great_idea that you got for a small_busi __PUNCT__

when a big chunk of each paycheck goe toward pai off your loan debt __PUNCT__ that not just tough for middl_class class_famili that ar try to make it and young_peopl who ar try to get start __PUNCT__ it also pain for the entir economi becaus that mean that monei you might be spend on bui a new home or do someth els with it __PUNCT__ it go to that check that you write everi singl month __PUNCT__

it not go to the local_busi __PUNCT__

and i have to sai __PUNCT__ thi is someth michel and i know firsthand about __PUNCT__

i not specul on thi __PUNCT__ becaus we been in your shoe __PUNCT__

neither of us came from wealthi famili __PUNCT__

both of us graduat from colleg and law_school with a mountain of debt __PUNCT__

when we marri __PUNCT__ we got poorer togeth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we combin our liabil into on big liabil __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we paid more for our student_loan than we paid on our mortgag each month __PUNCT__ and that went on for year __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ onc we had malia and sasha __PUNCT__ we need to start save for their colleg_educ but we were still pai off our colleg educ __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ keep in mind we were lucki enough to land good_job __PUNCT__ we had steadi incom __PUNCT__ but we did not finish pai off our student_loan until about __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

think about that __PUNCT__

i not __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

you got an educ __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

i got an educ __PUNCT__ and it work out pretti_good __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but the point i make is __PUNCT__ i onli stand befor you becaus of the chanc that my educ gave me __PUNCT__

so i can tell you with some experi that make higher_educ more afford for our young_peopl __PUNCT__ it someth i got a person stake in __PUNCT__

it someth that michel ha a person stake in __PUNCT__

we believ in it becaus we been there and we know that unless you provid those rung on the ladder of opportun __PUNCT__ young peopl who ar more talent than we ar mai not get a shot __PUNCT__

that why i made it a top_prioriti of my presid __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ that is someth that is at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that part of the reason why __DATE__ is so import __PUNCT__

and i sai thi becaus put a colleg_educ within reach for work_famili just doesn't seem to be a big prioriti for my oppon __PUNCT__

a few month_ago __PUNCT__ just up the road __PUNCT__ in westervil __PUNCT__ governor romnei said __PUNCT__ if you want to be success __PUNCT__ if you want to go to colleg or start a busi __PUNCT__ you can just __PUNCT__ and i quot here __PUNCT__ borrow_monei if you have to from your parent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and when a high_school school_student in youngstown ask him what he would do to make colleg more afford for famili like hi __PUNCT__ governor romnei didn't sai anyth about grant or loan_program that ar critic to million of student to get a colleg_educ __PUNCT__

he said noth about work __PUNCT__ studi program or rise colleg_tuition __PUNCT__

he didn't sai a word about commun_colleg or how import higher_educ is to america_futur __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ the best thing you can do is shop around __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

that it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that it __PUNCT__

that hi plan __PUNCT__

that hi answer to young_peopl who ar try to figur out how to go to colleg and make sure that thei don't have a mountain of debt __PUNCT__ shop around and borrow more monei from your parent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

what ar we go to do __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i just got to __PUNCT__ i want to make sure everybodi understand __PUNCT__

not everybodi ha parent who have the monei to lend __PUNCT__

that mai be new to some folk __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it the truth __PUNCT__

so what governor romnei is offer is not an answer __PUNCT__

there noth a parent want more than to give opportun to their kid that thei never had __PUNCT__

and it pretti pain for a lot of parent if thei can't do that __PUNCT__

but as we fight_back from the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ you got a lot of parent who ar out there struggl just to make end meet __PUNCT__

and i don't accept the notion that we should deni ani child the opportun to get a higher_educ __PUNCT__

if thei been work_hard __PUNCT__ if thei got the grade __PUNCT__ if thei got the determin to get a better futur for themselv __PUNCT__ i don't want them to be prevent just becaus their famili were hit hard by a recess __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what america is about __PUNCT__

we give everybodi a fair shot __PUNCT__

think about all the discoveri __PUNCT__ all the busi __PUNCT__ all the breakthrough that we would not have made if we told everi young_person who ha got the drive and the will and the grade to go to colleg __PUNCT__ tough luck __PUNCT__ too bad __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

we alwai made a commit to put a good educ within the reach of everybodi who is will to work for it __PUNCT__

that part of what make us special __PUNCT__

that what keep us at the front __PUNCT__ forefront of busi and scienc and technolog and medicin __PUNCT__

and thi date_back for decad __PUNCT__

some of you know my grandfath fought in world_war_ii __PUNCT__

when he came back __PUNCT__ he had a chanc to go to colleg becaus thi countri decid everi return veteran of world_war_ii should be abl to afford it __PUNCT__

my mother wa abl to rais me and my sister becaus she wa abl to get grant and work her wai through school __PUNCT__

michel and i would not be here todai without the help of scholarship and student_loan __PUNCT__

and i know steve wouldn't be here either __PUNCT__ and neither would a lot of you __PUNCT__

so in a __NUM___centuri economi __PUNCT__ a colleg_educ should be avail for everybodi __PUNCT__ not just the wealthi few __PUNCT__

whether it a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year_colleg __PUNCT__ a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year program __PUNCT__ higher_educ is not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is an econom necess that everi famili in america should be abl to afford __PUNCT__

and that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

it on of the reason i run for presid of the unit_state for a second term __PUNCT__

and i want __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

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

__PUNCT__ and i want you to know that i have not just talk the talk __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

you have walk the walk __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ we have walk the walk __PUNCT__

sinc i took offic __PUNCT__ we have help more than __NUM___million addit student afford a colleg_educ with grant that go farther than thei did befor __PUNCT__

the econom_plan my oppon ha would cut our invest in educ by nearli __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

it would cut those grant so deepli that __NUM___million of those student who we have help would no longer get a scholarship at all __PUNCT__

it would cut financi_aid for nearli __NUM___million student a year __PUNCT__

and keep in mind thei not make these cut to creat_job __PUNCT__

thei not propos these cut to pai down the deficit __PUNCT__

governor romnei is propos these cut to pai for a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that weight toward the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

doe that sound like a better plan for america __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

doe that sound like a better plan for you __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

a plan that sai that we can't afford to help the next gener earn an educ __PUNCT__ but we can afford massiv new tax cut for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__ a plan that sai we can't afford our young_peopl __PUNCT__ to offer our young peopl student_loan becaus we got to protect corpor_tax loophol __PUNCT__ it a vision that sai we can't help young_peopl who ar try to make it becaus we got to protect the folk who alreadi have made it __PUNCT__

michel and i ar go to be abl to send malia and sasha to colleg __PUNCT__

we don't need an extra tax_break __PUNCT__

you do __PUNCT__

their vision is wrong for move america forward __PUNCT__

it not a vision you got to accept __PUNCT__

that why __DATE__ is import __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

governor romnei make hi time as an investor in the privat_sector the basi of hi candidaci __PUNCT__

that how he sai he go to fix the economi __PUNCT__ i wa in the privat sector __PUNCT__

and hi econom_plan make on thing clear __PUNCT__ he doe not think invest in your futur is worth it __PUNCT__

he doesn't think that a good_invest __PUNCT__

i do __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that the choic in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

that why we fought to make sure the interest_rate on feder student_loan didn't go up over the summer __PUNCT__

we won that fight __PUNCT__

some of these republican member of congress would have allow those rate to doubl __PUNCT__ cost more than __NUM___million student an extra thousand_dollar a year __PUNCT__

i said i want to extend the colleg tax_credit that my administr creat so more famili can save up to __MONEY__ on their tuition over __NUM___year __PUNCT__

thei want to end that tax_credit __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ i promis we would reform a student_loan system that wa give ten of billion of taxpay_dollar to big_bank and lobbyist instead of student __PUNCT__

there ar plenti of folk in washington who fought tooth and nail to keep that system as it wa __PUNCT__

we kept at it __PUNCT__ we won that fight __PUNCT__ we us it to doubl grant aid for student __PUNCT__

my oppon now want to go back to the wai thing were __PUNCT__

he want to go backward to the polici that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ part of our job is also to make sure you don't need a ph.d __PUNCT__ to appli for financi_aid in the first place __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so we put in place thi new consum_protect watchdog __PUNCT__ the consum financ protect bureau __PUNCT__ put in place __PUNCT__ and it work with the depart of educ to develop a simpl new fact sheet on student_loan and financi_aid so you can have all the inform you need to make your own best choic about how to pai for colleg __PUNCT__

we call it __PUNCT__ know befor you ow __PUNCT__

know befor you ow __PUNCT__

that a good_idea __PUNCT__

but my oppon want to get rid of thi new consum_protect protect_agenc and let for __PUNCT__ profit colleg keep prei on veteran and work_famili __PUNCT__

that on of the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

i want to make sure more of our student ar prepar for colleg by help our secondari and elementari_school hire and reward the best teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to go to commun_colleg __PUNCT__ learn the skill that local_busi ar look for right now __PUNCT__

i put colleg and univers on notic __PUNCT__ if thei can't stop tuition from go up __PUNCT__ the fund thei get from taxpay will go down __PUNCT__

we want to give them some incent to start lower tuition __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what you go to be have to think about when you go to that vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis that we would end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

thank to the servic and the sacrific of our incred men and women in uniform __PUNCT__ that what we done __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ all our troop ar out of iraq __PUNCT__

we ar begin to bring our troop_home from afghanistan __PUNCT__

but the kei is make sure that thei ar get the same good_deal that my grandfath got when he came home from the war __PUNCT__

so we made sure to keep the post __PUNCT__ 9/11 gi_bill strong so that everybodi who ha serv our countri ha the chanc to earn a degre __PUNCT__

as long as i am command in chief __PUNCT__ i promis you we will care for our veteran and serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__

if you fought for thi countri __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have to fight for a colleg_educ or for a job or for a roof over your head when you come home __PUNCT__

so that what we fight for __PUNCT__ columbu __PUNCT__

that just on exampl __PUNCT__ in the educ arena __PUNCT__ of what at stake __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ over the next 2½ month __PUNCT__ the other side will spend more monei than we have ever seen __PUNCT__ ever __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ thei got folk write __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__ __MONEY__ million check __PUNCT__

thei should be contribut that to a scholarship fund to send kid to colleg __PUNCT__

but instead __PUNCT__ thei ar go to spend more monei than we ever seen on ad __PUNCT__

and the ad all same __PUNCT__ the ad all sai the same_thing __PUNCT__ which is __PUNCT__ the economi is not where it need to be __PUNCT__ and it all obama fault __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ thei know their econom_plan isn't popular __PUNCT__

thei know that gut invest in educ and scienc and infrastructur and voucher medicar __PUNCT__ thei know that doesn't realli sell well __PUNCT__

thei know that it especi doesn't sell well when you do all those thing not to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ but to pai for massiv new tax_cut for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__

thei know that not go to poll well __PUNCT__

so thei bet on the fact that you get so discourag that you decid your vote doesn't matter __PUNCT__

thei bet everi singl __MONEY___million check from a wealthi donor drown out million of voic at the ballot_box __PUNCT__

thei count on young_peopl sit thi on out __PUNCT__

thei sai __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ you know __PUNCT__ he grayer now __PUNCT__ he not as new and as fresh as he wa in __NUM__ so young peopl aren't go to turn out the same wai __PUNCT__

thei count on you sit on the sidelin and let other make the choic for you __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ thei don't have a plan to creat_job or strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__ but thi is their plan to win the elect __PUNCT__

but i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

i count on the fact that when the american_peopl focu and push asid all the nois and all the nonsens and thei rememb the fact that all of us __PUNCT__ whatev success we achiev __PUNCT__ we achiev becaus we work togeth __PUNCT__ becaus we made sure everybodi ha a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ i count on the fact that when the american_peopl focu on what at stake __PUNCT__ you can't be stop __PUNCT__ and all the monei the other side is spend doesn't matter __PUNCT__

so i go to need your help __PUNCT__

young_peopl especi __PUNCT__ i go to need your help __PUNCT__

i need to make sure you regist to vote at your current address __PUNCT__

we got staff and volunt who ar here who can help you do that befor you leav todai __PUNCT__

and when you leav __PUNCT__ i ask you to grab __NUM__ friend __PUNCT__ make sure thei regist too __PUNCT__

and if you need more inform __PUNCT__ you can go visit the web_site __URL__

that not __PUNCT__ got to __PUNCT__ not __PUNCT__ got to __PUNCT__ it __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ __URL__

let prove the cynic wrong __PUNCT__

let show them your vote count __PUNCT__

let show them your voic make a differ __PUNCT__

let show them america better start listen to the voic of the next gener of american __PUNCT__

i need your help to keep thi american_dream aliv __PUNCT__ thi incred experi we have in democraci __PUNCT__ thi idea that no matter where you born or who your parent ar or how much monei you got or no matter what you look like or what you believ in __PUNCT__ you can go as far as your talent take you __PUNCT__

that dream that we can still __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ achiev great_thing __PUNCT__ that you can pursu the happi that you hope for and your parent hope for __PUNCT__ that here in america you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we got more student who dream to afford colleg __PUNCT__

we got more good_teacher to hire __PUNCT__

we got more school to rebuild __PUNCT__

we got more good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got more homegrown energi to gener __PUNCT__

we got more troop we got to come home __PUNCT__

we got more door of opportun to open for everybodi who will to walk through them __PUNCT__

that why i ask for a second term as presid __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand with me and vote for me and organ with me and knock on door and make phone_call with me __PUNCT__ we will finish what we start __PUNCT__

we will win ohio __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

and we will remind the world why 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__