Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

how it go __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in sioux citi __PUNCT__ pleas give rob a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__

it good to be with my outstand secretari of agricultur __PUNCT__ your former governor __PUNCT__ tom vilsack __PUNCT__

it is great to see your mayor __PUNCT__ bob scott __PUNCT__

and it is great to see all of you __PUNCT__

and the onli thing that i not go to do __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ is get in the middl of an argument between hawkey and husker fan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i not go to go there __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ iowa is our first stop thi week on the road to our convent in charlott __PUNCT__ north_carolina __PUNCT__

and it wa import for me to begin that journei right here in iowa becaus thi is where it all began for us __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ right here in iowa __PUNCT__

becaus it wa you __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ who kept us go when all the pundit had written us off __PUNCT__

it wa in your live_room and backyard and vfw hall and diner where our movement for chang began __PUNCT__

and it will be you __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ who is go to make all the differ in the world in thi upcom elect __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ last week __PUNCT__ the other parti __PUNCT__ thei gave their pitch at the convent in florida __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

and i got to sai __PUNCT__ that convent __PUNCT__ it wa someth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ despit all the challeng that we face in thi new centuri __PUNCT__ what thei offer over their __NUM___dai wa an agenda that wa probabl a littl better suit for the last centuri __PUNCT__

thei were go so far backward you might as well have watch it on black __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ white tv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ put some rabbit ear on the convent hall __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ in case you didn't dvr it __PUNCT__ let me give you a simpl recap __PUNCT__ the economi not where it need to be __PUNCT__ and it obama fault __PUNCT__ and onli mitt_romnei know the secret to creat_job and grow the economi __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and there wa a lot of talk about speak __PUNCT__ hard truth __PUNCT__ and make __PUNCT__ bold choic __PUNCT__ but the interest_thing wa nobodi ever bother throughout the __NUM___dai to tell you what these tough choic were go to be __PUNCT__

thei didn't realli explain what thei were go to do __PUNCT__

when governor romnei had hi chanc to let you in on hi secret sauc __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he didn't offer you a singl new idea __PUNCT__

it wa just a retread of the same old polici that have been stick it to the middl_class for year __PUNCT__

so you heard them talk a lot about me __PUNCT__

you heard them talk a lot about mitt __PUNCT__

thei didn't talk a lot about you __PUNCT__

thei didn't talk about the challeng you face and how we could actual solv some of these challeng __PUNCT__

thei spent less time talk about their plan than just about anyth els __PUNCT__

not just becaus thei know you don't like it __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ the truth is if i had their plan __PUNCT__ i probabl wouldn't talk about it a lot either __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and thei know you not go to bui it becaus you __PUNCT__ we tri it __PUNCT__ you saw what happen __PUNCT__ you live through it __PUNCT__ and you don't want to repeat it __PUNCT__

we know that make the middl class __PUNCT__ for exampl __PUNCT__ pai for anoth budget __PUNCT__ bust __MONEY__ tax_cut for folk make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million a year or more is not go to translat into job and prosper for work_famili all across sioux citi __PUNCT__

we know that __PUNCT__

we know that famili aren't go to be better off if we roll_back financi_reform that there to prevent anoth financi_crisi __PUNCT__

we know we not go to be better off if suddenli we roll_back the protect for our air and our water and protect to make sure that if you get sick __PUNCT__ there go to be health_care there for you __PUNCT__

we sure not go to be better off if suddenli __PUNCT__ instead of have medicar that you can count on __PUNCT__ we got some sort of voucher_program that mr __PUNCT__ romnei and mr __PUNCT__ ryan ar propos that leav senior to pai ani addit cost out of their own pocket __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei have been try to sell us these tire __PUNCT__ trickl __PUNCT__ down __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own polici befor __PUNCT__

thei did not work __PUNCT__

thei didn't work then __PUNCT__ thei won't work now __PUNCT__

thei won't creat_job __PUNCT__

thei won't lower our deficit __PUNCT__

thei not go to strengthen the middl_class __PUNCT__

thei not a plan to move our countri forward __PUNCT__

we believ in someth better __PUNCT__

we believ in an america that sai our econom strength ha never come from the top down __PUNCT__ it come from the middl out and the bottom up __PUNCT__

it come from student and worker and small __PUNCT__ businesspeopl __PUNCT__ and a grow __PUNCT__ thrive middl class __PUNCT__

that what built thi countri __PUNCT__

we believ in an america that doesn't let how much monei you got determin whether or not you can afford good_health health_care or send your kid to get a good higher_educ __PUNCT__

we believ in an america that maintain the strongest __PUNCT__ most disciplin __PUNCT__ most effect militari in the histori of the world __PUNCT__ but that we also lead with the strength of our idea and the power of our exampl __PUNCT__

and we believ in an america where no matter who you ar or what you look like or where you come from or who you love __PUNCT__ you can pursu your own happi and you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what we believ here in america __PUNCT__

that what these last __NUM___year have been about __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign 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__ on thursdai night __PUNCT__ thi come thursdai night __PUNCT__ not last thursdai night __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thi come thursdai night __PUNCT__ i will offer you what i believ is a better path forward __PUNCT__ a path that will grow thi economi and creat more good_job and strengthen our middl_class and creat ladder for everybodi who is will to work_hard to get into the middl_class __PUNCT__

and the good new is you go to get to choos which path we take __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ you can go with what you heard last thursdai __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you can choos their plan to give massiv new tax_cut to folk who alreadi made it __PUNCT__

or you can go with my plan __PUNCT__ which is to keep the tax cut on everi american who is still try to make it __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ i promis to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

and i cut_tax by a total of about __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__

and now i run to make sure that tax aren't rais a singl dime on your famili first __MONEY__ of incom __PUNCT__ which __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ mean for __NUM__ percent of american and __NUM__ percent of small_busi __PUNCT__ thei won't see their incom_tax go up __PUNCT__

that my path __PUNCT__

that a differ choic than where these other gui want to go __PUNCT__

you can choos whether we give up new job and new industri to china and india and germani and other countri __PUNCT__ or whether we fight to keep those job here in iowa __PUNCT__

my oppon experi __PUNCT__ he like to talk about hi privat_sector experi __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ a lot of it wa invest in compani that were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ in the busi of outsourc_job __PUNCT__

i don't believ in outsourc __PUNCT__ i believ in insourc __PUNCT__

when the america auto_industri wa about to go under __PUNCT__ he said __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i bet on american_worker and american_manufactur __PUNCT__ which is why the american auto_industri ha come roar back __PUNCT__

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

i want to start reward compani that ar creat_job right here in sioux citi __PUNCT__ right here in iowa __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

that the path i want to travel on __PUNCT__

and at a moment when homegrown energi is creat new job all across thi state and other state across the midwest __PUNCT__ my oppon would put those job at risk __PUNCT__ the job that rob wa talk about __PUNCT__ he put them at risk by end tax_credit for wind_energi produc __PUNCT__

rob told you __PUNCT__ he said these new sourc of energi ar __PUNCT__ imaginari __PUNCT__

and mr __PUNCT__ ryan call them a __PUNCT__ fad __PUNCT__

you just saw rob __PUNCT__

he look pretti real to me __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he didn't __PUNCT__ i wasn't imagin him up here talk __PUNCT__ wa i __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he been in the wind energi busi for nearli __NUM___year __PUNCT__

he and hi wife tara now have __NUM___employe __PUNCT__

nearli __NUM___job in iowa depend on the wind industri __PUNCT__

these job aren't fad __PUNCT__ thei our futur __PUNCT__

it time to stop give a __MONEY___billion taxpay_subsidi to oil_compani that ar make_monei everi time you go to the pump __PUNCT__

and let give some tax_break to wind_energi and homegrown energi and biofuel that ar creat_job right here in iowa __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

we got a differ view when it come to higher_educ __PUNCT__

we at a great small colleg here in iowa __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ a young_person ask my oppon __PUNCT__ hope to go to colleg __PUNCT__ how he could help __PUNCT__

he said __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that not an answer __PUNCT__

that not a __PUNCT__ i guess it is an answer __PUNCT__ it not a good_answer __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ to young_peopl who ar hope to go to colleg or start a busi __PUNCT__

my view is __PUNCT__ america ha to lead onc again when it come to educ our kid and train our worker for the job of tomorrow __PUNCT__

so let help more young peopl afford the kind of educ thei can get here at morningsid __PUNCT__

let help more young peopl and some not __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ young peopl go to commun_colleg and get train in the skill that employ ar look for right now __PUNCT__

we creat a tax_credit for middl_class class_famili try to send their kid to colleg __PUNCT__ up to __MONEY__ over __NUM___year in colleg_tuition __PUNCT__ becaus i believ that in america __PUNCT__ higher_educ no longer a luxuri __PUNCT__

it a necess that everi famili should be abl to afford __PUNCT__

that the path we should be follow __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ it is up to you whether we go back to a health_care_system that let insur_compani decid who to cover __PUNCT__ when to cover it __PUNCT__ whether thei can drop you of your coverag whenev you need it most __PUNCT__ or whether we keep move_forward with a law that is alreadi cut_cost and cover more peopl and save_live __PUNCT__

thei call it obamacar __PUNCT__

i like that name __PUNCT__ becaus i do care __PUNCT__

i care about all the peopl that ar be help __PUNCT__ all the folk who ar go to be help __PUNCT__

and mayb thei want to run on their __PUNCT__ don't care __PUNCT__ plan __PUNCT__ but becaus of thi law __PUNCT__ nearli __NUM___million young_peopl ar abl to stai on their parent __PUNCT__ plan __PUNCT__

your grandpar ar save_monei on their medicin __PUNCT__

women have gain_access to prevent_care like mammogram and contracept __PUNCT__

we don't need to refight the battl of the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we need to go forward __PUNCT__

we need to go forward __PUNCT__

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

governor romnei had noth to sai about afghanistan last week __PUNCT__

didn't mention it __PUNCT__ didn't offer a plan in term of how he might end the war or if he not go to end it __PUNCT__

he got to let the american_peopl know __PUNCT__ becaus by the end of thi month __PUNCT__ we will have brought __NUM__ of our troop_home __PUNCT__

when i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ he said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ i promis i wa go to end that war __PUNCT__ and we did __PUNCT__

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

i put_forward a specif plan to bring our troop_home from afghanistan by the end of __NUM__ __PUNCT__

we ar in the process of do that right now __PUNCT__

and when i sai i go to bring them home __PUNCT__ you know thei go to come home __PUNCT__

and as long as i am command in chief __PUNCT__ when thei get home __PUNCT__ thei know that we will serv our veteran as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who fight for thi countri should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or decent health_care when thei come home __PUNCT__

that a promis we will keep __PUNCT__

on issu after issu __PUNCT__ governor romnei and congressman ryan __PUNCT__ thei go to take us backward __PUNCT__

the stori of america is go forward __PUNCT__

that what we do __PUNCT__

we go forward __PUNCT__

you will have the opportun in __NUM___month to choos a path that will lead us to a better futur __PUNCT__

but i have to tell you __PUNCT__ over the next __NUM__ month the other side will spend more monei than we have ever seen in our lifetim __PUNCT__

and it basic the same_thing thei said a few night ago __PUNCT__ economi do bad __PUNCT__ it obama fault __PUNCT__

thei won't tell you their plan becaus thei know their plan won't work __PUNCT__

go figur that rais_tax on middl_class class_famili to pai for a tax_cut for me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei is not go to fly too well __PUNCT__

so the __PUNCT__ what thei count on is __PUNCT__ if thei can just feed enough neg inform out there __PUNCT__ you will get so discourag that at some point you decid your vote doesn't matter __PUNCT__ that you can't compet with the __MONEY___million check from wealthi donor __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__ sioux citi __PUNCT__

i need your help __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ if you not alreadi regist __PUNCT__ i need you to regist to vote __PUNCT__

young_peopl who ar in the audienc __PUNCT__ you know who you ar __PUNCT__ you need to go to __URL__

now __PUNCT__ that is not __PUNCT__ got to __PUNCT__ it __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ __URL__

make sure you regist to vote __PUNCT__

then you can go to __URL__ __PUNCT__ that not __PUNCT__ got to __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ to find out how to cast your ballot earli __PUNCT__

becaus here in iowa __PUNCT__ you don't have to wait until __DATE__ to vote __PUNCT__

you can be among the first to vote in thi elect __PUNCT__ start on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

so that __PUNCT__ gotta regist __PUNCT__ and that __PUNCT__ gotta vote __PUNCT__

and the reason you got to regist and you got to vote is becaus we got more work to do __PUNCT__

we got more good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got more homegrown energi to gener __PUNCT__

we got more young_peopl to send to great colleg like thi on __PUNCT__

we got more great teacher we got to hire __PUNCT__

we got more good school that we got 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 to everi singl american that will to work through them __PUNCT__

and we have come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

that why i work for a second term __PUNCT__

and if you ar will to stand with me and work with me and make phone_call with me and knock on some door with me __PUNCT__ if you will to vote for me thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__ we go to win woodburi counti __PUNCT__

we will win the state of 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__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__