Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ quad __PUNCT__ it good to be back __PUNCT__

thi is about as close as i get to home these dai __PUNCT__ so it is good to be back __PUNCT__

ar you fire up __PUNCT__ ar you readi to go __PUNCT__ at the outset __PUNCT__ let give cassandra a huge round of applaus for her servic to our countri and the great introduct __PUNCT__

we got your congressman here __PUNCT__ dave loebsack __PUNCT__ your mayor __PUNCT__ bill gluba __PUNCT__

and we got all of you __PUNCT__ and i realli excit to see you __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thi is the first stop on our __NUM__ __PUNCT__ hour fly __PUNCT__ around campaign marathon extravaganza __PUNCT__

we go to pull an all __PUNCT__ nighter __PUNCT__

no sleep __PUNCT__

we start here in iowa __PUNCT__ we go to colorado __PUNCT__ then we go to go to nevada __PUNCT__ then we go to florida __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

i am go to stop in chicago to vote __PUNCT__

we got earli vote in illinoi __PUNCT__ just like we got earli vote here in iowa __PUNCT__

but i had to start in iowa to ask you for your vote __PUNCT__ to ask you for your support __PUNCT__ so we can finish what we start __PUNCT__

becaus thi is where it all began __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ on your front_porch __PUNCT__ in your backyard __PUNCT__

thi is where the movement for chang began __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ you will onc again choos the path that we take from here __PUNCT__

i know at thi point __PUNCT__ becaus you gui have seen a lot of tv commerci __PUNCT__ you heard governor romnei sale_pitch __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

he been run around sai he got a five __PUNCT__ point_plan for the economi __PUNCT__

let me tell you __PUNCT__ it turn out it onli a on __PUNCT__ point plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ folk at the veri top get to plai by a veri differ set of rule than you do __PUNCT__

thei can keep pai lower_tax tax_rate than you do __PUNCT__ keep their monei in offshor account __PUNCT__

thei can bui up a compani __PUNCT__ load it up with debt __PUNCT__ lai off the worker __PUNCT__ strip awai their pension __PUNCT__ send the job_oversea __PUNCT__ and thei still make a big profit __PUNCT__ while the middl_class get stuck with the bill __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

that wa hi philosophi in the privat_sector __PUNCT__ that wa hi philosophi as governor __PUNCT__ that hi philosophi now __PUNCT__

it not a veri inspir vision for our countri __PUNCT__

so __NUM___week from the elect __PUNCT__ becaus he know that if he actual told everybodi what he want to do __PUNCT__ he probabl wouldn't get ani vote __PUNCT__ so he do everyth he can to make sure that you don't notic what he been sai __PUNCT__

and we come up with a name for thi condit __PUNCT__ it call romnesia __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ romnesia __PUNCT__

i want to go over the symptom with you __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ for it __PUNCT__ becaus i don't want you to catch it __PUNCT__

i don't want it to spread __PUNCT__

if you sai you won't give a big tax_cut to the wealthi __PUNCT__ but you caught on video promis your tax cut would includ the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__ then you might have romnesia __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ if you talk about how much you love teacher dure a debat __PUNCT__ but just a few week_ago __PUNCT__ you said we shouldn't hire ani more teacher __PUNCT__ becaus thei won't grow the economi __PUNCT__ you probabl have romnesia __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ if you sit on stage in a nation televis debat sai how much you love car __PUNCT__ you a car gui __PUNCT__ except you wrote an articl_titl __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ then you almost certainli have romnesia __PUNCT__

if you can't seem to rememb the polici on your own web_site or the promis you made over the last __NUM___year that you been run for presid or the promis you made __NUM___dai dai_ago __PUNCT__ you probabl have romnesia __PUNCT__

but don't worri __PUNCT__ obamacar cover preexist condit __PUNCT__

we can pick you up __PUNCT__

there a cure __PUNCT__

we can make you well __PUNCT__

as long as you vote __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ we can cure folk of thi maladi __PUNCT__ of thi diseas __PUNCT__

listen __PUNCT__ smart_peopl who don't have a dog in thi fight __PUNCT__ independ analyst __PUNCT__ economist __PUNCT__ thei took out their pencil __PUNCT__ thei had their green eyeshad __PUNCT__ thei crunch the number __PUNCT__

turn out governor romnei econom_plan is a sketchi deal __PUNCT__

the result ar not what you want to write home about __PUNCT__

the washington post call hi job plan a __PUNCT__ bait and switch __PUNCT__

the bait is the promis that hi plan creat___NUM__ __NUM___million_job __PUNCT__ the switch is the fact that hi plan doesn't creat___NUM__ __NUM___million_job __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that the bait and the switch __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ it won't even creat_job right now __PUNCT__

and then governor romnei want to spend___MONEY__ __MONEY___trillion on tax_cut that favor the wealthi __PUNCT__ __MONEY___trillion on defens_spend that our militari isn't ask for __PUNCT__ and he want you to believ that he can do that without ad to the deficit or rais middl_class tax __PUNCT__

the problem is you need to invent a new kind of math to actual make thi true __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

arithmet __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the arithmet doe not work __PUNCT__

so we know governor romnei job plan doesn't creat_job __PUNCT__

hi deficit plan doesn't reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

and we joke about romnesia __PUNCT__ but all of thi speak to someth that realli import __PUNCT__ and that is the issu of trust __PUNCT__

there no more seriou issu on a presidenti_campaign than trust __PUNCT__

trust matter __PUNCT__

and here the thing __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ you know me __PUNCT__

you know that i sai what i mean __PUNCT__ and i mean what i sai __PUNCT__

there ar some folk in thi crowd who have probabl been follow me sinc i wa run for the unit_state state_senat __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ you can __PUNCT__ like thi gui right here __PUNCT__ who i serv with in the unit_state state_senat __PUNCT__ georg shadid __PUNCT__

and you could take a videotap of thing i said __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ and you sai __PUNCT__ man __PUNCT__ thi is the same gui __PUNCT__ ha the same valu __PUNCT__ care about the same_peopl __PUNCT__ doesn't forget where he came from __PUNCT__ know who he fight for __PUNCT__

and you know what __PUNCT__ i haven't finish all the work that we set out to do back in __NUM__ but i have fought for you everi singl_dai that i held thi offic __PUNCT__

and with your help __PUNCT__ i kept the commit that i made __PUNCT__

i told you we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

i said we begin the process of end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ we ar __PUNCT__

i said we refocu on the terrorist who actual attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__

and a new tower rise over the new york skylin __PUNCT__ al qaida is on the path to defeat __PUNCT__ and usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

i kept that promis __PUNCT__

i kept that promis __PUNCT__

i promis to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili and small_busi __PUNCT__ and we done that __PUNCT__

i promis to end taxpay __PUNCT__ fund wall_street bailout for good __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__

i promis to repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ and todai __PUNCT__ you can't be kick out of the militari becaus of who you ar or who you love __PUNCT__

i said i bet on american_worker and american ingenu __PUNCT__ and while the other gui wa sai let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ i went in there and work with the worker and the manag __PUNCT__ and we save a dy auto_industri that back on top of the world __PUNCT__

on issu after issu __PUNCT__ we ar move_forward __PUNCT__

after lose __NUM___million_job in the great_recess __PUNCT__ our busi have now ad more than __NUM___million new job over the past 2½ year __PUNCT__

manufactur is at it highest_level sinc the __PUNCT__ 90 __PUNCT__

unemploy ha fallen to it lowest_level sinc i took offic __PUNCT__

home valu and home sale ar rise __PUNCT__

our assembl_line ar hum again __PUNCT__

we got a long wai to go __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ but we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we can't afford to go back to what got us into thi mess __PUNCT__

we got to stick with polici that ar get out of thi mess __PUNCT__

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__ the good new is __PUNCT__ i got a plan that will actual creat_job __PUNCT__ that will actual reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ that will actual creat middl_class secur __PUNCT__

and unlik mitt_romnei __PUNCT__ i proud to talk about what actual in my plan __PUNCT__ becaus my math actual add up __PUNCT__

if you want to take a look at it __PUNCT__ check it out at __URL__

i want you to share it with your friend __PUNCT__ share it with your neighbor __PUNCT__ share it with your cowork __PUNCT__

there ar still peopl out there who mai be try to make up their mind __PUNCT__

mayb somebodi here thought thei were visit the haunt hous over there and just kind of wander over __PUNCT__ try to figur out what go on __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and thei haven't made up their mind yet __PUNCT__

i want them to know __PUNCT__

i want everybodi out there to compar my plan to governor romnei __PUNCT__ have the inform you need __PUNCT__ see which plan is better for you and for america_futur __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ i want to end tax_break for compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__

i want to reward small_busi and manufactur who ar creat_job right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

that what i want to do __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ i want to cut our oil import in half by __NUM__ so we control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

some of you mai know we ar __PUNCT__ todai __PUNCT__ less depend on foreign_oil than at ani time in the last two decad becaus of the step we taken __PUNCT__ becaus we increas fuel standard on car and truck so thei go to go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__ becaus we been produc clean_energi __PUNCT__ includ right here in iowa __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ there ar factori in iowa where onc laid __PUNCT__ off worker ar back on the job build wind tower __PUNCT__ build wind blade __PUNCT__

i want to build on that progress __PUNCT__

i don't want fuel __PUNCT__ effici car and long __PUNCT__ last batteri and wind_turbin manufactur in china __PUNCT__ i want them manufactur here in iowa __PUNCT__

i want them made in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ and we can do that __PUNCT__

number three __PUNCT__ we ar go to make it a nation mission to educ our kid and train our worker better than anybodi els in the world __PUNCT__

i want to recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher __PUNCT__ train __NUM___million worker at commun_colleg with the skill that busi ar look for right now __PUNCT__

i want to work with colleg and univers to cut the growth of tuition so our young_peopl can afford a higher_educ without get load up with debt __PUNCT__

we can do that __PUNCT__

number four __PUNCT__ my plan will cut the deficit by __MONEY___trillion over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__ but we go to do it in a balanc wai __PUNCT__

we go to cut out spend we don't need __PUNCT__ but we also go to ask the wealthiest american to pai a littl bit more __PUNCT__

and we go to do that so we can invest in research and technolog that keep new job and busi come to america __PUNCT__

and i never turn medicar into a voucher __PUNCT__

no american should spend their golden year at the merci of insur_compani __PUNCT__

and final __PUNCT__ i go to us the save from end the war in iraq and end the war in afghanistan to put our peopl back to work right here at home __PUNCT__ do some nation __PUNCT__ build here __PUNCT__ repair road __PUNCT__ bridg __PUNCT__ school all across america __PUNCT__

and when our veteran like cassandra come home __PUNCT__ we go to serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__

we go to make sure that thei got the support that thei need __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi who ha fought for america should have to fight for a job when thei come home __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ that the plan that we need __PUNCT__

that how you build a strong __PUNCT__ sustain economi that creat good middl_class class_job __PUNCT__ that make sure that folk have the sens that not onli ar thei do well now __PUNCT__ but their futur prospect ar go to be bright __PUNCT__

that how you go to encourag new busi to start here and stai here __PUNCT__

that how you actual increas take __PUNCT__ home pai __PUNCT__ not by talk about it and then want to cut_tax for folk at the veri top __PUNCT__

thi is how you build an economi where everyon who work_hard ha a chanc to get ahead __PUNCT__

that what america is about __PUNCT__

that the basic bargain that we believ in __PUNCT__

and now it up to you __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ right here __PUNCT__ right now __PUNCT__ todai __PUNCT__

you got a chanc to choos the path that we go to take from here __PUNCT__

it up to the young_peopl who ar here todai to choos the futur that you want to see __PUNCT__

you can choos the top __PUNCT__ down polici that got us into thi mess __PUNCT__ or you can choos the polici that ar help us to get out of thi mess __PUNCT__

you can choos a foreign_polici that is reckless and wrong __PUNCT__ or you can choos the kind of leadership that i shown that steadi and strong and clear __PUNCT__ send clear messag to our alli and to our enemi __PUNCT__

you can choos to turn_back the clock __NUM___year on women and immigr and gai __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

or in thi elect __PUNCT__ you can stand up for the kind of america that sai __PUNCT__ we embrac everybodi __PUNCT__

we believ in give everybodi a fair shot and everybodi do their fair_share __PUNCT__ everybodi plai by the same rule __PUNCT__

it doesn't matter whether you black or white or hispan or asian or nativ_american __PUNCT__ whether you young or old __PUNCT__ abl __PUNCT__ disabl __PUNCT__ gai straight __PUNCT__ it doesn't matter __PUNCT__

no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you come from __PUNCT__ no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ you can make it here if you try __PUNCT__

that the america we believ in __PUNCT__

so listen __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ we been through tough_time over these last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ but we been through tougher time befor __PUNCT__

the good new is we alwai bounc_back __PUNCT__

we alwai come out on top __PUNCT__ becaus the american_peopl ar tougher than ani tough_time __PUNCT__ becaus we pull togeth __PUNCT__ becaus we look after on anoth __PUNCT__ becaus we leav nobodi behind __PUNCT__ becaus we don't turn_back __PUNCT__ becaus we alwai look at the horizon in front of us __PUNCT__ becaus we alwai move_forward __PUNCT__ and that why i ask for your vote todai __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote in thi elect __PUNCT__

and if you give me that vote __PUNCT__ i promis you i will alwai listen to your voic __PUNCT__ i will alwai fight for your famili __PUNCT__ i spend everi wake dai continu to make sure that your live ar a littl bit better __PUNCT__

thi is where it got start __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

i believ in you __PUNCT__ and i ask you to keep believ in me __PUNCT__

and if you roll up your sleev __PUNCT__ and if you work with me and knock on some door with me and make some call with me __PUNCT__ we win scott counti again __PUNCT__

we win iowa again __PUNCT__

we win thi elect again __PUNCT__

and we finish what we start and 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__