Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in portsmouth __PUNCT__ it is great to be with your outstand governor __PUNCT__ john lynch __PUNCT__ who __PUNCT__ like me __PUNCT__ had the good judgment to marri up __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we love susan as well __PUNCT__

on of the best senat in the countri __PUNCT__ jeann shaheen __PUNCT__

your mayor __PUNCT__ eric spear __PUNCT__

and your next congresswomen __PUNCT__ carol shea __PUNCT__ porter and anni kuster __PUNCT__

it is good to see all of you __PUNCT__

and it just great to be back in portsmouth __PUNCT__

i wa tell john that __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

i wa tell john that i will alwai have great memori of portsmouth __PUNCT__ becaus on of the thing that happen as you run for presid is the bubbl start close in on you __PUNCT__ so i still rememb some of the last place where i got to take a walk with nobodi around __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and portsmouth __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ wa on of those place __PUNCT__

it wa a gorgeou dai like todai __PUNCT__

and i actual __PUNCT__ we walk __PUNCT__ and we came right down here __PUNCT__

and there wa a theater __PUNCT__ an improv thing go on __PUNCT__

and i sat there __PUNCT__ and i think __PUNCT__ i might have bought some ic_cream __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ which remind me __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ malia and sasha love new hampshir not onli becaus thi is where thei go to camp __PUNCT__ but it also where thei first campaign with us __PUNCT__

and i think the first dai of campaign __PUNCT__ thei got ic cream four time in a row __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so thei turn to michel and me __PUNCT__ and thei said __PUNCT__ we love thi campaign thing __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we want to campaign with you all the time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i just come from charlott __PUNCT__ where we had a great convent __PUNCT__

folk down there could not have been more welcom __PUNCT__

michel wa amaz __PUNCT__

presid_clinton made the case in the wai onli he can __PUNCT__

somebodi e __PUNCT__ mail me after hi speech __PUNCT__ thei said __PUNCT__ you need to appoint him secretari of explain stuff __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that wa pretti_good __PUNCT__

i like that __PUNCT__ secretari of explain stuff __PUNCT__ splainin __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ joe_biden wa fire up __PUNCT__

and i meant what i said at the convent __PUNCT__ i could not have a better vice_presid __PUNCT__

but as importantli __PUNCT__ i could not ask for a better and more loyal friend than joe_biden __PUNCT__

he is a wonder __PUNCT__ wonder man __PUNCT__

and last night __PUNCT__ i did my best to lai out the stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ now that both side have made their argument __PUNCT__ there a big choic to make __PUNCT__

and i honestli believ thi is the biggest choic __PUNCT__ the clearest choic __PUNCT__ of ani time in our gener __PUNCT__ becaus it not just a choic between two candid or two polit_parti __PUNCT__

it is a choic between two differ path for america __PUNCT__ two fundament differ vision for how we move_forward __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ our is a fight for that basic bargain that built the largest middl_class and the strongest economi the world ha ever known __PUNCT__ the promis that hard_work will pai off __PUNCT__ that respons will be reward __PUNCT__ that everyon get a fair shot __PUNCT__ everybodi is do their fair_share __PUNCT__ everybodi is plai by the same rule __PUNCT__ from wall_street to main_street to washington __PUNCT__ dc __PUNCT__

that basic bargain is why i ran for presid __PUNCT__ and that why i run again __PUNCT__

that what thi elect is about __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

that is what thi elect is about __PUNCT__

i mention last night i got my start in servic becaus i work with folk who had been laid off from the steel plant that had close when job start get ship oversea __PUNCT__

and over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ we seen that happen more and more and too mani famili struggl with cost that keep rise even when paycheck don't __PUNCT__

so peopl ar have to us their credit_card or home_equiti loan just to try to make the mortgag or pai tuition or put ga in the car or food on the tabl __PUNCT__

and that debt is why thi hous of card collaps in the great_recess __PUNCT__ million of innoc american lose their job and their home __PUNCT__ folk lose their life_save __PUNCT__

and we ar fight to recov from that and it a long __PUNCT__ tough journei __PUNCT__

but our friend at the republican_convent __PUNCT__ thei talk a lot about what thei thought wa wrong with america __PUNCT__ thei didn't tell you what wa right __PUNCT__

thei didn't tell you what thei do to make it right __PUNCT__

thei want your vote __PUNCT__ but thei don't want to show you their plan __PUNCT__

and that becaus thei know their plan won't sell __PUNCT__

that becaus all thei got to offer is the same prescript that thei had for the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ tax_cut __PUNCT__ tax cut __PUNCT__ gut some regul __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ and more tax cut __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ tax cut when time ar good __PUNCT__ tax cut when time ar bad __PUNCT__

tax cut to help you lose a few extra pound __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ tax cut to improv your love life __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it will cure anyth __PUNCT__ accord to them __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

listen __PUNCT__ i cut_tax for peopl who need it __PUNCT__ middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ i promis i would cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__

the typic famili tax_burden is __PUNCT__ feder_level __PUNCT__ is __MONEY__ less sinc i took offic __PUNCT__

so i kept that promis __PUNCT__

i kept that promis __PUNCT__

we cut_tax for small_busi __NUM___time __PUNCT__

but i do not believ that anoth round of tax_break for millionair is what go to bring good_job job_back to our shore or pai down our deficit __PUNCT__

i don't believ fire teacher or kick student off financi_aid is go to grow our economi __PUNCT__ not when china is produc more engin and more scientist and we got to compet with them __PUNCT__

after we were on the brink of financi_meltdown becaus of irrespons decis_made on wall_street __PUNCT__ i don't believ that roll_back regul there is somehow go to help small __PUNCT__ busi women or businessmen expand or laid __PUNCT__ off construct_worker get back to work __PUNCT__

we have been there __PUNCT__

we tri what thei sell __PUNCT__

it didn't work then __PUNCT__ it not go to work now __PUNCT__

we not go back __PUNCT__

we ar move_forward __PUNCT__

that why all of you ar here todai __PUNCT__

and i not go to pretend that thi path is quick or easi __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ i never have __PUNCT__

as bill_clinton remind us on wednesdai night __PUNCT__ it go to take more than a few year for us to solv challeng that were build up over decad __PUNCT__

we know that __PUNCT__

todai we learn that after lose around __NUM___job a month when i took offic __PUNCT__ busi onc again ad job for the __NUM___month in a row __PUNCT__ a total of more than __NUM___million_job __PUNCT__

but that not good enough __PUNCT__

we know it not good enough __PUNCT__

we need to creat more job faster __PUNCT__

we need to fill the hole left by thi recess faster __PUNCT__

we need to come out of thi crisi stronger than when we went in __PUNCT__

and there a lot more that we can do __PUNCT__

when congress get back to town next week __PUNCT__ you need to send them a messag __PUNCT__ go ahead and give middl_class class_famili and small_busi the confid of know that their tax __PUNCT__ your tax __PUNCT__ will not go up next year __PUNCT__

everybodi agre we shouldn't rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__ let go ahead and get that done __PUNCT__

let get it done now __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ if the republican ar seriou about be concern about jobless __PUNCT__ we could creat a million new job right now if congress would pass the job plan that i sent to them a year_ago __PUNCT__ job for teacher __PUNCT__ job for construct_worker __PUNCT__ job for folk who have been look for work for a long_time __PUNCT__

we can do that __PUNCT__

but i need your help __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__

i need your voic __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

you got them __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we with you __PUNCT__ man __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i appreci that __PUNCT__

then i need you to get your cousin __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and your friend __PUNCT__ your cowork __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ i am not just ask for your vote __PUNCT__

i ask the entir countri to ralli around a set of goal for our countri __PUNCT__ goal in manufactur __PUNCT__ energi __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__ nation_secur __PUNCT__ and the deficit __PUNCT__

and these __PUNCT__ thi is a real __PUNCT__ achiev plan that will lead to new job and more opportun and rebuild thi economi on a stronger foundat __PUNCT__

that what we can do in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid __PUNCT__ to finish the job __PUNCT__ to keep move_forward __PUNCT__ to build up the progress we made __PUNCT__

so let me be a littl more specif __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ i got a plan to export more product __PUNCT__ not outsourc_job __PUNCT__

after a decad of declin __PUNCT__ thi countri creat over half a million manufactur_job in the last 2½ year __PUNCT__

we reinvent a dy auto_industri that back on top of the world __PUNCT__

and so now __PUNCT__ american __PUNCT__ we have a choic __PUNCT__

we can keep give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ or we can start reward compani that ar invest right here in new hampshir __PUNCT__ put american back to work __PUNCT__ sell product around the world __PUNCT__

we can help big factori and small_busi doubl their export __PUNCT__

we can creat a million new manufactur_job in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

you can make that happen __PUNCT__ but i go to need your help __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ i got a plan to control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

after __NUM__ year of inact __PUNCT__ we final rais fuel standard so that by the middl of the next decad __PUNCT__ your car and truck will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

that will save you monei __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that will save you monei __PUNCT__

we doubl our us of renew_energi __PUNCT__ solar __PUNCT__ wind __PUNCT__ biofuel __PUNCT__

and ten of thousand of american have job todai becaus thei build wind_turbin and long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__

the other side like to talk about energi __PUNCT__ but thei don't mention that the unit_state of america is less depend on foreign_oil than at ani time in nearli two decad __PUNCT__

the other side want to revers that progress __PUNCT__

i want to build on it __PUNCT__

i not go to let oil_compani dictat the countri energi plan __PUNCT__ and i don't want them to keep collect __MONEY___billion a year in corpor_welfar from our taxpay __PUNCT__

we got a better path __PUNCT__

we want to keep invest in wind and solar and clean_coal technolog __PUNCT__

we want to see farmer and scientist har new biofuel to power our car and our truck __PUNCT__

i want construct_worker who ar sit at home right now __PUNCT__ i want them build home and factori that wast less energi and retrofit those that ar alreadi built to save energi __PUNCT__

and we can develop a hundr_year __PUNCT__ suppli of natur_ga right beneath our feet __PUNCT__

if we choos thi path __PUNCT__ we can cut oil import in half by __NUM__ __PUNCT__

we can support __NUM__ new job in natur ga develop alon __PUNCT__

that how we move_forward __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

let do it __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

let do it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ let do it __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ third __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ i got even more __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i got a plan to give more american the chanc to gain the skill that thei need to compet __PUNCT__

educ __PUNCT__ i would not be stand here if i hadn't gotten a great educ __PUNCT__

michel would not be where she is without the opportun that were given __PUNCT__

and as she told you on tuesdai night __PUNCT__ we didn't come from wealth or fame or power __PUNCT__ but in thi countri __PUNCT__ we alwai made a commit that if you got talent and you will to work_hard __PUNCT__ somebodi is go to give you the opportun to get a great educ __PUNCT__ and then you can go as far as your dream can take you __PUNCT__

it is the gatewai to a middl_class class_life in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

so what have we alreadi done __PUNCT__ nearli everi state ha answer our call to rais standard for teach and learn __PUNCT__

some of the worst school in the countri have alreadi seen real gain in math and read __PUNCT__

million of student ar pai less for colleg todai becaus we took on a system where __MONEY___billion wa go to bank and lender as middlemen for the student_loan loan_program __PUNCT__

we said __PUNCT__ let cut out the middleman and give that monei directli to student so that thei get a better deal __PUNCT__

so now you got a choic __PUNCT__

we can gut our commit to educ like the other side budget would end up do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

or we can decid __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ no child should give up her dream becaus a classroom is overcrowd or a school is crumbl __PUNCT__

no famili should set asid that colleg accept letter becaus thei figur thei just can't afford it __PUNCT__

and no compani should be look for the worker thei need oversea becaus thei can't find them here at home __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__ i need you to help me recruit __NUM__ math and scienc_teacher __PUNCT__ and improv earli_childhood childhood_educ and give __NUM___million worker the skill thei need at commun_colleg and help colleg and univers cut tuition growth in half over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

we can meet these goal togeth __PUNCT__

that the america that we want for our kid __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

forward __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

forward __PUNCT__

forward __PUNCT__ i need __NUM__ more year __PUNCT__ and we go to move_forward __PUNCT__

fourth __PUNCT__ fourth __PUNCT__ my plan would reduc our deficit without stick it to the middl_class __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the debt and the deficit ar real medium __PUNCT__ and long __PUNCT__ term problem __PUNCT__ and we go to have to address it __PUNCT__

and i want to get work __PUNCT__

independ analysi show that my plan would cut our deficit by __MONEY___trillion __PUNCT__ that with a __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__

and i work with the republican in congress alreadi to cut __MONEY__ trillion in spend __PUNCT__ and i prepar to do more __PUNCT__

i want to reform our tax_code so that it is simpl and fair and so it ask the wealthiest household to pai higher_tax on incom over __MONEY__

so even well __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ do folk would still keep their tax_break up to __MONEY__ but after that __PUNCT__ we want to go back to the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__

our economi creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job then __PUNCT__ we had the biggest surplu in histori __PUNCT__ we creat a whole lot of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

we didn't punish success __PUNCT__ we creat an environ for greater success all across the economi __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

my oppon sai he want to reduc the deficit too __PUNCT__

but as wa point out at the convent __PUNCT__ there a basic compon miss from hi plan __PUNCT__ math __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ arithmet __PUNCT__

when governor romnei and hi alli tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spend trillion more on new tax_break skew toward the wealthi __PUNCT__ the math doesn't work __PUNCT__

you can't dig yourself a deeper hole __PUNCT__

you can't take __NUM___trillion out of the treasuri and then sai you go to close it __PUNCT__

and when you ask them __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ how ar you go to do it __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ thei won't answer real clearli __PUNCT__ but there ar onli a few wai of do it __PUNCT__ and most of them involv stick it to the middl_class __PUNCT__

i refus to ask middl class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home or rais kid just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i refus to ask student to pai more for colleg or kick children out of head_start program or elimin health_insur for million of american who ar poor or elderli or disabl __PUNCT__ all so folk like me and mitt_romnei can pai less __PUNCT__

i won't turn medicar into a voucher system __PUNCT__

you shouldn't have to spend your golden year at the merci of insur_compani after a lifetim of work __PUNCT__

you should be abl to retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

you earn it __PUNCT__

and so ye __PUNCT__ we need to reform and strengthen medicar for the long_haul __PUNCT__ but we got to do it by reduc the actual cost of health_care __PUNCT__ not by dump those cost on to senior who end up pai thousand of dollar more __PUNCT__

that not how we go to do it __PUNCT__

and we will keep the promis of social_secur by take respons step to strengthen it __PUNCT__

but we not go to privat it __PUNCT__

we not turn it over to wall_street __PUNCT__

we not go to do that __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ rebuild the economi is essenti __PUNCT__

but our prosper at home is link to what we do abroad __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and we did __PUNCT__

i said we wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ and we ar __PUNCT__

a new tower rise abov the new york skylin __PUNCT__

we have decim al qaida leadership __PUNCT__ and usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

so now we know __PUNCT__ move_forward __PUNCT__ as command in chief __PUNCT__ i will sustain the strongest militari the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

we ar go to make sure that we got a strong navi __PUNCT__

and what goe on here in the yard and all across the countri where we got peopl not onli in uniform __PUNCT__ but also folk who ar work __PUNCT__ we got to make sure that thei got the support __PUNCT__

and when our troop take off their uniform __PUNCT__ we go to serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__

becaus nobodi who fight for thi countri should ever have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or the care thei need when thei come home __PUNCT__

my oppon said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

he won't tell us how he end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__

i have __PUNCT__ and i will __PUNCT__

and while my oppon would spend more monei on militari program that our joint_chief even sai won't make us safer and we don't need __PUNCT__ i go to us that monei that we no longer spend on war to help pai down our debt __PUNCT__ and put more peopl back to work rebuild our road and our bridg and our school and our runwai __PUNCT__

becaus after a decad of war __PUNCT__ it time to do some more nation __PUNCT__ build right here at home __PUNCT__ right here in new hampshir __PUNCT__

so that the choic that we now face __PUNCT__ and that what thi elect come down to __PUNCT__

we keep on get told that bigger tax_cut __PUNCT__ fewer regul __PUNCT__ that that the onli path to prosper __PUNCT__ and that govern __PUNCT__ becaus it can't do everyth __PUNCT__ somehow should almost do noth __PUNCT__

i don't believ that __PUNCT__

i don't believ that if you can't afford health_insur __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__ that if compani releas toxic pollut into the air that your children breath __PUNCT__ that somehow that a requir for econom_growth __PUNCT__

i don't believ that if you can't afford to go to colleg __PUNCT__ that the best we can do is tell you to borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

we insist on person_respons __PUNCT__

we insist on individu initi __PUNCT__

we know we not entitl to success __PUNCT__ we know we got to earn it __PUNCT__

we honor entrepreneur and businesspeopl and striver and dreamer and the risk taker __PUNCT__

we know that that the drive_forc behind our free_enterpris enterpris_system __PUNCT__

but we also know that thi countri is built on an idea of citizenship __PUNCT__ the idea that we have some oblig to each other and that when we work togeth we all do better __PUNCT__

we got oblig to futur_gener __PUNCT__

that america is not just about what can be done for us __PUNCT__ it about what can be done by us __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation and on peopl __PUNCT__

new hampshir __PUNCT__ the elect __NUM___year_ago wasn't about me __PUNCT__

i told you that last night __PUNCT__

it wa about you __PUNCT__

and it sound like mayb you were listen becaus you here __PUNCT__

you were the chang __PUNCT__

you the reason that there a littl girl with a heart disord who will get the surgeri she need becaus now the insur_compani can't limit her coverag __PUNCT__

you the reason some young_person out there is go to be abl to go to medic_school __PUNCT__ becaus now thei can actual afford it __PUNCT__

you made that possibl __PUNCT__

you the reason that a young immigr __PUNCT__ who grew up here and went to school here and pledg_allegi to our flag __PUNCT__ is not suddenli go to be deport from the onli home thei ever known __PUNCT__

you the reason why we were abl to end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

you the reason why thousand of famili have been abl to welcom brave troop __PUNCT__ sai __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

and so now you can't turn awai __PUNCT__

we can't turn awai now __PUNCT__

you can't bui into the cynic that chang that we fought so hard for is imposs __PUNCT__

you can't give up on the idea that your vote make a differ __PUNCT__ becaus if you do give up __PUNCT__ then the lobbyist and the special_interest __PUNCT__ thei fill the void __PUNCT__ the folk who ar write the __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__ the folk run all these super_pac ad __PUNCT__ the folk who want to tell you who you can marri or tell women that thei can't make_decis about their own health_care __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that who will fill the void if you not in thi __PUNCT__ if you not engag __PUNCT__ if you not focus __PUNCT__ if you not fight __PUNCT__

we go to have to work becaus thi is go to be a close elect __PUNCT__

onli you can make sure that we don't go backward __PUNCT__

onli you have the power to move us forward __PUNCT__

but i ask you to us that power __PUNCT__

i ask you to us that power __PUNCT__

i ask you for your help __PUNCT__

new hampshir __PUNCT__ i need you to make some phone_call for me __PUNCT__

new hampshir __PUNCT__ i need you to knock on some door for me __PUNCT__

new hampshir __PUNCT__ i need you to tell your friend and neighbor and cowork what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

if you not regist to vote __PUNCT__ i need you to regist right now __PUNCT__

and i need you to turn out in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ becaus if you do __PUNCT__ we go to finish what we start __PUNCT__

we will creat more good_job __PUNCT__

we gener more homegrown energi __PUNCT__

we hire more good_teacher __PUNCT__

we send more young_peopl to colleg __PUNCT__

we bring more troop_home __PUNCT__

we take care of more of our vet __PUNCT__

we open up the door of opportun to everybodi who will to work_hard __PUNCT__

we will win rockingham counti __PUNCT__

we will win new hampshir __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__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__