Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ cyclon __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__

oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in iowa __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__ and i glad to be here __PUNCT__

you gui look pretti cheer be back at school __PUNCT__

that good to know __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ sort of __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ well listen __PUNCT__ befor i begin __PUNCT__ i think it import to sai that our thought ar with our fellow_american down on the gulf __PUNCT__

thei prepar for __PUNCT__ at thi point __PUNCT__ an audienc member holler __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the new orlean gui right here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thei obvious prepar for a big storm __PUNCT__ hurrican isaac __PUNCT__

and we been get readi for thi storm for dai __PUNCT__

we got respons team and suppli in place __PUNCT__

america will be there to help folk recov no matter what thi storm bring __PUNCT__ becaus when disast strike __PUNCT__ we not democrat or republican first __PUNCT__ we ar american first __PUNCT__

we ar on famili __PUNCT__

we on famili __PUNCT__ and we help our neighbor in need __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ it is great to be back in am __PUNCT__

class is in session __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i didn't hear as mani cheer __PUNCT__ come on __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ whew __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ cyclon footbal kick off at home thi saturdai __PUNCT__

i won't pretend i can give a speech like coach rhoad can __PUNCT__ but i go to try __PUNCT__ becaus just over __NUM___month from now __PUNCT__ for the first time in most of your live __PUNCT__ you will get a chanc to pick a presid __PUNCT__

and the truth is you got more at stake in thi elect than just about anybodi __PUNCT__

when you step into that vote_booth __PUNCT__ the choic you make in that on instant is go to shape your countri and your world for decad to come __PUNCT__

and i know that a pretti heavi idea to lai on you on a tuesdai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but it true __PUNCT__

the decis we make as a countri on big_issu like the economi and job and tax and educ and energi and war and climat chang __PUNCT__ all these decis will directli affect your life in veri person wai __PUNCT__

and i got to sai __PUNCT__ thi is someth i acut awar of when i make these decis __PUNCT__ becaus thei decis that ar go to affect malia and sasha __PUNCT__ my daughter __PUNCT__ as well __PUNCT__

it the wai it alwai been __PUNCT__

on gener make_decis on behalf of the next __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ cyclon __PUNCT__ your gener choos which path we take as a countri __PUNCT__

your vote decid where we go from here __PUNCT__

will we make sure that more good_job and opportun take root not in china or india or germani __PUNCT__ but right here in iowa and all across america __PUNCT__ so you don't have to leav home to get those good __PUNCT__ pai_job __PUNCT__ ar we go to reward an honest dai work with the chanc to bui a home of your own __PUNCT__ with health_care that there for you when you get sick __PUNCT__ with the abil to put a littl awai for your retir __PUNCT__ ar we go to make it easier for you to afford your degre and pai off your student_loan debt __PUNCT__ ar we go to build more good school and hire more good_teacher so that our kid ar prepar to attend_colleg like iowa state __PUNCT__ and prepar for the __NUM___centuri workforc __PUNCT__ will thi be a countri that keep move awai from foreign_oil and toward renew_sourc of energi like wind and solar and biofuel __PUNCT__ energi that make our economi more secur __PUNCT__ but also make our planet more secur __PUNCT__ will thi be a countri that lead not just by the strength of our militari __PUNCT__ but the power of our diplomaci and the power of our exampl __PUNCT__ will thi be 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 who you love __PUNCT__ you can pursu your own happi and you can make it here in america if you try __PUNCT__ that the question __PUNCT__

that what the last __NUM___year have been about __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ i know it easi to get fed up with campaign and polit __PUNCT__

sometim it seem it meaner and smaller and more gridlock than ever __PUNCT__

and everi dai __PUNCT__ there a steadi_stream of cynic who will tell you noth realli chang __PUNCT__ you can't make a differ __PUNCT__ you won't be abl to close the gap between life as it is and life as you want it to be __PUNCT__

old folk will alwai tell you that __PUNCT__ and i in that categori now __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and frankli __PUNCT__ some folk __PUNCT__ thei make it their polit_strategi to try to make you feel discourag __PUNCT__

thei tell you over and over again how bad everyth is __PUNCT__ and then __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ thei add that it all obama fault __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and thei tell you that if you believ in chang __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ your faith wa foolish and you were be naiv __PUNCT__

last week __PUNCT__ my oppon campaign went so far as to write you off as a __PUNCT__ lost gener __PUNCT__

that you accord to them __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and what thei hope is that by tell you these thing __PUNCT__ you get discourag __PUNCT__ and you just stai_home thi time __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but you can't believ it __PUNCT__

i don't believ it __PUNCT__

we knew that solv our biggest_problem were go to take more than on year __PUNCT__ or on term __PUNCT__ or even on presid __PUNCT__

but we went ahead and we got start __PUNCT__

we know we still got a lot of work to do to get to where we need to be __PUNCT__

but we ar go to get there __PUNCT__

i believ that becaus i believ in you __PUNCT__

as tough as time have been __PUNCT__ you tougher __PUNCT__

i seen your passion __PUNCT__

i seen your servic __PUNCT__

i seen your gener eager and impati to make a differ __PUNCT__

and alreadi __PUNCT__ you prove that you can __PUNCT__

think about it __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ you believ we could put a colleg_educ within the reach of all who were will to work for it __PUNCT__

so we creat a colleg tax_credit that save famili up to __MONEY__ for colleg_tuition over __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we took on a student_loan system that wa give billion of taxpay_dollar to big_bank __PUNCT__ and we said let give the monei directli to student __PUNCT__ and we doubl grant aid for million of student __PUNCT__

we just won the fight to keep feder student_loan from doubl for more than __NUM___million student __PUNCT__

that would not have happen in washington except for you __PUNCT__

your vote did that __PUNCT__

you made that chang __PUNCT__

you help million of young_peopl and mayb yourself get the kind of colleg_educ you deserv __PUNCT__

don't believ them when thei tell you you can't make a differ __PUNCT__

you believ __NUM___year_ago that we could us less foreign_oil and reduc the carbon pollut that threaten our planet __PUNCT__

and in just __NUM___year __PUNCT__ we doubl __PUNCT__ doubl __PUNCT__ the gener of clean __PUNCT__ renew_energi like wind and solar __PUNCT__

we develop new fuel standard so that your car will get nearli __NUM___mile per gallon by the middl of the next decad __PUNCT__

that go to save you monei at the pump __PUNCT__

that will reduc greenhous_ga_emiss by a level roughli equival to a year worth of emiss from all the car in the world __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ america is less depend on foreign_oil than at ani time in nearli __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we on track to emit fewer greenhous_gase thi year than we have in nearli __NUM___year __PUNCT__

you can keep those trend go __PUNCT__

you believ in america __PUNCT__ and that what brought about chang __PUNCT__

you believ that nobodi should go broke in america just becaus thei get sick __PUNCT__

i believ that too __PUNCT__

what the other side call obamacar __PUNCT__ i kind of grown to like the term obamacar __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i do care __PUNCT__

i care about folk with preexist condit __PUNCT__

i care about kid who don't have insur __PUNCT__

and so todai __PUNCT__ becaus of the new health_care law __PUNCT__ nearli __NUM___million young_peopl __PUNCT__ includ some of you in thi audienc __PUNCT__ have been abl to stai on your parent plan __PUNCT__

your grandpar ar save_monei on their medicin __PUNCT__

women have gain_access to free prevent_care like mammogram and contracept __PUNCT__

your vote made that happen __PUNCT__

you made that chang __PUNCT__

it wa young_peopl like you that said we could end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ that war is over __PUNCT__ as promis __PUNCT__

more troop ar home with their famili __PUNCT__ earn their educ through the post __PUNCT__ 9/11 gi_bill __PUNCT__ start new busi __PUNCT__

and no on will ever again have to hide who thei love in order to serv the countri thei love becaus your vote end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ onc and for all __PUNCT__

you made that chang __PUNCT__

so the point is __PUNCT__ am __PUNCT__ your vote matter __PUNCT__

your vote made a differ __PUNCT__

chang wa possibl becaus of you __PUNCT__

and now we got more work to do __PUNCT__ to grow thi economi __PUNCT__ creat good_job __PUNCT__ to strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__ and in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ your voic will matter more than it ever ha befor __PUNCT__

thi week in tampa __PUNCT__ my oppon will offer you their agenda __PUNCT__

it should be a pretti entertain show __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it will be __PUNCT__

and i sure thei have some wonder thing to sai about me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but what you won't hear from them is a path forward that meet the challeng of our time __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ it will be an econom_plan that sai if you just give folk make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million or more a year anoth __MONEY__ tax_cut __PUNCT__ then job and prosper will magic rain down on everybodi els __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

some of you gui ar a littl young __PUNCT__ so you mai not rememb it __PUNCT__ but we tri thi for __NUM___year befor i wa elect __PUNCT__

it didn't work out so well __PUNCT__

it didn't work out then __PUNCT__ it won't work now __PUNCT__

i don't want to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut by rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__

i don't want to pai for that tax_cut by cut financi_aid on __NUM___million student __PUNCT__

our econom strength doesn't come from the top down __PUNCT__ it come from student and worker and a grow __PUNCT__ thrive middl_class __PUNCT__

that how we grow an economi __PUNCT__

so in just over __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you will make a choic about which path we take __PUNCT__ and it go to be a stark choic __PUNCT__

you can choos whether we give massiv new tax_cut to folk who alreadi made it or whether we go to keep tax low for everi american who still try to make it __PUNCT__

i cut_tax for the middl_class __PUNCT__ and for famili __PUNCT__ and for student __PUNCT__

and i want to make sure that tax aren't rais a dime on your famili first __MONEY__ of incom __PUNCT__

that mean that __NUM__ percent of american and __NUM__ percent of small_busi wouldn't see an incom_tax tax_increas __PUNCT__

you can choos __PUNCT__

you can choos whether we go to give up new job and new industri to china and india or whether we go to fight for those job by invest in the research of our scientist and the drive of our student and the innov that har new sourc of energi and bring the next gener of manufactur to place like am and milwauke and detroit and pittsburgh __PUNCT__

that your choic __PUNCT__

you can decid whether the best wai to make colleg afford is to __PUNCT__ as my oppon put it __PUNCT__ hope your parent can just lend you the monei __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ or you can sai __PUNCT__ let help more american earn the kind of educ you receiv here at iowa state __PUNCT__

let help more american go to commun_colleg to get the skill and train that employ ar look for right now __PUNCT__

let help more iowan learn to be leader at the harkin public_polici polici_institut that a cyclon alum and your great senat __PUNCT__ tom harkin __PUNCT__ is set up __PUNCT__

he work along with your new presid __PUNCT__ steven leath __PUNCT__ do a great job __PUNCT__

and as mischa mention __PUNCT__ although i am get grai __PUNCT__ i still rememb what it wa like for you gui __PUNCT__ becaus michel and i finish pai off our loan just __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

we know what it like __PUNCT__

we shouldn't make it harder __PUNCT__ we should make it easier __PUNCT__

we shouldn't end the colleg tax_credit we creat __PUNCT__ we should extend it __PUNCT__ becaus in america __PUNCT__ higher_educ isn't a luxuri __PUNCT__ it an econom necess that everi famili should be abl to afford __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

you can choos an energi plan written by and for big_oil oil_compani __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that what my oppon offer __PUNCT__

or you can choos an all __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ the __PUNCT__ abov energi strategi for america __PUNCT__ renew_sourc of energi __PUNCT__

governor romnei call those __PUNCT__ imaginari __PUNCT__

congressman ryan said thei a __PUNCT__ fad __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

let me tell you someth __PUNCT__ thei need to come to iowa __PUNCT__ becaus thei the futur __PUNCT__

thei worth fight for __PUNCT__

nearli __NUM__ good iowa job depend on the wind industri __PUNCT__

it time to stop give __MONEY___billion of taxpay_subsidi to oil_compani that ar make a profit everi time you pump ga __PUNCT__

let give it to homegrown energi_sourc that have never been more promis __PUNCT__

that good for job __PUNCT__

it good for the economi __PUNCT__

it good for the environ __PUNCT__

that the direct we need to go in __PUNCT__

but it all up to you __PUNCT__

it up to you whether we go back to a health_care_system that let insur_compani decid who to cover and when __PUNCT__

i think you __PUNCT__ it might make_sens for you to choos to keep move_forward with the new health_care law that alreadi cut_cost and cover more peopl and save_live __PUNCT__

governor romnei promis that sometim between take the oval_offic and go to the inaugur ball __PUNCT__ he sit right down __PUNCT__ grab a pen __PUNCT__ and kick __NUM___million young_peopl off their parent plan by repeal health_reform __PUNCT__

dai on __PUNCT__ that what he sai he go to do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

mayb we should call hi plan __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ doesn't __PUNCT__ care __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ becaus i do care __PUNCT__

i do care __PUNCT__

and thi law is here to stai __PUNCT__

now is not the time to refight the battl of the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

now is the time for us to go ahead and move_forward __PUNCT__

and i work with anybodi who want to make our health_care_system better __PUNCT__ but i not go to stand by and let folk talk about how we should go back to the dai when ordinari folk who ar work realli hard suddenli find themselv lose their home __PUNCT__ lose their save just becaus thei get sick __PUNCT__

thei can choos to refight the battl that were settl __NUM___year_ago or __NUM___year_ago or sometim in the last centuri __PUNCT__

i think women should be trust to make their own health_care decis __PUNCT__

that a choic that you got to make __PUNCT__

i think that student who ar brought here by their parent as babi shouldn't be kick out of the onli countri thei know just becaus their parent were undocu_worker __PUNCT__

that my view __PUNCT__

it your choic __PUNCT__

i don't think we should write __PUNCT__ rewrit the constitut to prevent gai american from be abl to marri the person thei love __PUNCT__

that my view __PUNCT__

it your choic __PUNCT__

the strength of our charact doesn't come from shove anybodi to the sidelin __PUNCT__

it come from hear everi voic __PUNCT__ har everi talent __PUNCT__ realiz that here in america we ar greater togeth than we ar on our own __PUNCT__

and thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__ you get to decid __PUNCT__

you get to decid the futur of thi war in afghanistan __PUNCT__

governor romnei said end the war wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__

he doesn't have a plan to bring_home the __NUM___troop who will come home from afghanistan next month __PUNCT__

i said we end the iraq_war __PUNCT__

we did __PUNCT__

i said we get bin_laden __PUNCT__

we did __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ all of our troop ar out of iraq __PUNCT__

we bring them home from afghanistan __PUNCT__

and as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we go to make sure that we serv our veteran as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who fight for america should have to fight for a job when thei come home __PUNCT__

but these ar your choic __PUNCT__

governor romnei want to pass a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut target toward the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

that not go to cut our debt __PUNCT__

ignor inequ doesn't make it go awai __PUNCT__

deni climat chang won't make it stop __PUNCT__

these thing won't make for a brighter futur __PUNCT__

thei won't make your futur stronger __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ in __NUM___month __PUNCT__ you get to choos the path that will actual lead to a better futur __PUNCT__

you have the chanc to prove the cynic wrong on more time __PUNCT__

and the other side is go to spend these next __NUM__ month __PUNCT__ thei ar go to spend more monei than you ever seen in your life __PUNCT__

thei will have an avalanch of attack_ad and insult and distract __PUNCT__

and sometim __PUNCT__ thei just __PUNCT__ how do i put it __PUNCT__ thei will fib __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and thei got __MONEY___million check from wealthi donor who like thing just the wai thei ar __PUNCT__

thei count on you young_peopl to just accept their version of the wai thing ought to be __PUNCT__ to just kind of leav the question that affect your live up to big_oil and the insur_compani __PUNCT__ up to politician that decid what a woman can or can't do when it come to her own health __PUNCT__

that what thei count on __PUNCT__

that their strategi __PUNCT__

i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i count on you __PUNCT__

those who oppos chang __PUNCT__ those who benefit from the statu_quo __PUNCT__ thei alwai bet on cynic __PUNCT__

thei alwai bet on complac __PUNCT__

but throughout america_histori __PUNCT__ thei have lost that bet __PUNCT__ and thei go to lose it thi time too __PUNCT__

and that becaus of you __PUNCT__

it depend on you regist to vote __PUNCT__

it depend on you show up to vote __PUNCT__

it depend on you refus to wait for the next person or the person next to you in class or the person in the next town or the person in anoth state __PUNCT__

it go to depend on you to close that gap between what america is and what we know it can be __PUNCT__

becaus let me tell you __PUNCT__ everybodi els is wait on you __PUNCT__

when thei see you regist __PUNCT__ thei regist __PUNCT__

when thei see you vote __PUNCT__ thei vote __PUNCT__

and i ask you on more time to do what we did __PUNCT__ what young_peopl all across the state of iowa did __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

i ask you to believ __PUNCT__

i ask you to believ __PUNCT__ not in my abil to bring about the chang you want to see __PUNCT__ i ask you to believ in your abil __PUNCT__

i ask you to believ in what you can accomplish __PUNCT__

we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we got more work to do __PUNCT__

we got more young_peopl to send to colleg __PUNCT__

we got more good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got more homegrown energi to gener __PUNCT__

we got more good_teacher to hire and more good school to build __PUNCT__

we got more troop we got to bring_home __PUNCT__

we got more veteran we got to take care of __PUNCT__

we got more door of opportun that we have to open up to everi singl_person who will to work_hard and walk through those door __PUNCT__

that why i ask you for a second term __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand with me and work with me and knock on some door with me and make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__ and if you will to vote for me in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ we will win iowa __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

we will finish what we start __PUNCT__

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

thank you __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__