Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ cardin __PUNCT__ the __PUNCT__ let me begin by just sai how grate i am for kevin for that great introduct __PUNCT__ but also how proud i am of erin and her sister and their whole famili __PUNCT__

give them a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

there thei ar right there __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the onli thing i have to sai is __PUNCT__ is that erin __PUNCT__ she wa pretti excit about meet me __PUNCT__ but she saw justin bieber the other dai __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so i __PUNCT__ like __PUNCT__ the second most excit person she met in the last few dai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ my understand also is that thi band right here just won the state championship __PUNCT__

best band in ohio right here __PUNCT__ in the hous __PUNCT__ congratul __PUNCT__

and the footbal team is in it first playoff game tonight __PUNCT__

so the cardin got a lot go on right now __PUNCT__

and despit all that __PUNCT__ the fact that you gui still came out i grate for __PUNCT__ so thank you __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ for the past sever dai __PUNCT__ all of us have been focus on on of the worst hurrican in our lifetim __PUNCT__

and each dai __PUNCT__ i been get on call with mayor and governor __PUNCT__ counti offici __PUNCT__ just try to make sure that peopl ar get help __PUNCT__

and i tell them that the entir countri is behind them __PUNCT__

we mourn those who were lost __PUNCT__

we will walk with the peopl whose live have been upend by the storm everi step of the wai in thi long __PUNCT__ hard road for recoveri __PUNCT__

and i hope everybodi is out there __PUNCT__ i hope everybodi understand thi will be a __PUNCT__ not just a coupl of week __PUNCT__ but it go to be month of recoveri for a lot of these famili __PUNCT__

so those of you who can still help out through the red_cross __PUNCT__ pleas do so __PUNCT__

and for the first __PUNCT__ respond who ar here todai __PUNCT__ it just a remind of how import you ar __PUNCT__ becaus when you see our firefight __PUNCT__ our polic_offic __PUNCT__ our em folk out there everi singl_dai work __PUNCT__ it amaz __PUNCT__

and so despit thi tragedi __PUNCT__ we also been inspir by what we seen over the last sever dai __PUNCT__ over the last week __PUNCT__

you see hero run into build __PUNCT__ wade into water to help their fellow_citizen __PUNCT__ neighbor help neighbor cope with tragedi __PUNCT__ leader of differ polit_parti work togeth to fix what broken __PUNCT__

it a spirit that sai no matter how bad a storm is __PUNCT__ no matter how tough_time ar __PUNCT__ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we rise or fall as on nation and as on peopl __PUNCT__

and that spirit ha guid thi countri along it improb journei for more than two centuri __PUNCT__

it carri us through the trial and tribul of the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

rememb __PUNCT__ in __NUM__ we were in the middl of two war and the worst econom_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ our busi have creat nearli 5½ million new job __PUNCT__

the auto_industri is back on top __PUNCT__

home valu ar on the rise __PUNCT__

we less depend on foreign_oil than ani time in the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

becaus of the servic and the sacrific of our brave men and women in uniform __PUNCT__ the war in iraq is over __PUNCT__ the war in afghanistan is wind down __PUNCT__ al qaida is on the run __PUNCT__ and usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

so we made real progress these past___NUM___year __PUNCT__

but ohio __PUNCT__ we here todai becaus we all know we got more work to do __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

and we got more work to do __PUNCT__

as long as there a singl american who want a job and still can't find_work __PUNCT__ as long as there ar famili who ar work_harder and harder but ar still fall behind __PUNCT__ as long as there a child anywher in thi countri who languish in poverti or bar from opportun __PUNCT__ we got more work to do __PUNCT__

our fight goe on __PUNCT__

our fight goe on becaus we know that __PUNCT__ we know thi countri can't thrive __PUNCT__ can't succe without a grow __PUNCT__ strong middl_class __PUNCT__

our fight goe on becaus america is alwai at it best when everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi do their fair_share and everybodi plai by the same rule __PUNCT__

that what we believ __PUNCT__

that why you elect me in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ in __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ you have a choic to make __PUNCT__ although here in ohio __PUNCT__ there earli vote __PUNCT__ so you could make it right after you leav here __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two candid or two parti __PUNCT__

it a choic about two differ vision for america __PUNCT__

it a choic between go back to the top __PUNCT__ down polici that crash our economi __PUNCT__ or a futur that built on a strong and grow middl_class __PUNCT__

when you think about the histori of our economi __PUNCT__ we alwai honor the entrepreneur and the small __PUNCT__ businessmen __PUNCT__ the striver __PUNCT__ the dreamer __PUNCT__ the risk taker __PUNCT__ thei the drive_forc behind our free_enterpris enterpris_system __PUNCT__ and that the greatest engin of growth and prosper the world ever known __PUNCT__

but we also believ that in thi countri __PUNCT__ our busi do well __PUNCT__ market do well when everybodi is given a shot __PUNCT__ when thei have a chanc __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__ to get a decent educ and learn new skill __PUNCT__ when we support research into medic breakthrough or new technolog __PUNCT__

we believ america is stronger when everybodi can count on afford health_insur and medicar and social_secur __PUNCT__

we think america is stronger when there ar rule __PUNCT__ some rule in place to protect our kid from toxic dump __PUNCT__ to protect_consum from be taken advantag of by unscrupul credit_card_compani or mortgag lender __PUNCT__

we think that washington ha a role to plai in make sure that we creat great infrastructur __PUNCT__ road and bridg __PUNCT__ in our countri __PUNCT__ so that we can move_product and servic everywher __PUNCT__

and then we also believ there ar some thing washington doesn't need to do __PUNCT__

for exampl __PUNCT__ washington shouldn't control the health_care choic that women ar capabl of make for themselv __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ mentor __PUNCT__ for __NUM___year __PUNCT__ we had a presid who share these belief __PUNCT__

hi name wa bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and hi econom_plan ask the wealthiest to pai a littl bit more so we could reduc our deficit and still invest in the skill and idea of our peopl __PUNCT__

and at the time __PUNCT__ when he first came into offic __PUNCT__ the republican in congress and a senat_candid by the name of mitt_romnei __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__ the __PUNCT__ but thei said that bill_clinton clinton_plan would hurt the economi __PUNCT__ that it would kill job __PUNCT__

and it turn out hi math wa just as bad back then as it is todai __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ becaus by the end of presid_clinton second term __PUNCT__ america had creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__

incom were up __PUNCT__

poverti wa down __PUNCT__

our deficit had becom a surplu __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ we know our idea __PUNCT__

we know thei work __PUNCT__

we also know the idea of the other gui __PUNCT__ thei don't work __PUNCT__ becaus we tri those too __PUNCT__

for most of the last decad __PUNCT__ befor i came into offic __PUNCT__ we tri give big tax_cut to wealthi american __PUNCT__

we tri give insur_compani and oil_compani and wall_street free licens to do whatev thei want to do __PUNCT__

and what we got wa fall incom __PUNCT__ record deficit __PUNCT__ and the slowest job_growth in half a centuri __PUNCT__ all end with a econom_crisi that we been clean up after ever sinc __PUNCT__

so thi isn't an abstract debat __PUNCT__

we have tri our idea __PUNCT__ and thei work __PUNCT__

we tri their idea __PUNCT__ and thei don't work __PUNCT__

governor romnei __PUNCT__ he a veri talent salesman __PUNCT__

so in thi campaign __PUNCT__ he ha tri as hard as he can to repackag the same polici that didn't work and offer them up as chang __PUNCT__

but here the problem __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ we know what chang look like __PUNCT__ and what he offer ain't it __PUNCT__

give more power to the biggest_bank __PUNCT__ that not chang __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

anoth __MONEY___trillion tax_cut favor the wealthi __PUNCT__ that not chang __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

refus to answer the detail of your polici until after the elect __PUNCT__ that definit not chang __PUNCT__

that the oldest trick in the book __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ rule out compromis __PUNCT__ pledg to rubberstamp the tea_parti agenda __PUNCT__ that not chang __PUNCT__

chang the fact when thei inconveni to your campaign __PUNCT__ that definit not chang __PUNCT__

but that what governor romnei ha been do these last few week right here in ohio __PUNCT__

you got folk who work at the jeep plant who been call their employ __PUNCT__ worri __PUNCT__ ask if their job were be ship to china __PUNCT__

you heard about thi __PUNCT__

everybodi heard about thi __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and the reason thei worri is becaus governor romnei is run ad sai that jeep is ship job to china __PUNCT__

there onli on problem __PUNCT__ it not true __PUNCT__

everybodi know it not true __PUNCT__

the car_compani themselv told governor romnei __PUNCT__ knock it off __PUNCT__

gm said __PUNCT__ we think creat_job in the unit_state should be a sourc of bipartisan pride __PUNCT__

thei don't want thi to becom some polit footbal in governor romnei tv_ad __PUNCT__

and i couldn't agre more __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ i understand that governor romnei ha had a tough_time here in ohio becaus he wa against save the auto_industri __PUNCT__

it hard to run awai from that posit when you on videotap sai __PUNCT__ let let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

but that not a justif for run those kind of ad __PUNCT__ becaus thi is not a game __PUNCT__

these ar peopl job __PUNCT__

these ar peopl livelihood __PUNCT__

our car_compani __PUNCT__ thei put a lot of effort and time and energi and monei into build up and restor the brand of american car __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__ by american_worker __PUNCT__

you don't scare hardwork american just to scare up some vote __PUNCT__

that not what be a presid all about __PUNCT__

when i first made the decis to rescu the auto_industri __PUNCT__ i knew it wasn't popular __PUNCT__

it wasn't even popular in ohio and michigan __PUNCT__

but i also knew it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

bet on american_worker wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

bet on american ingenu wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

and that bet paid off __PUNCT__

it paid off in lordstown and toledo __PUNCT__ where compani ar creat new job not in china __PUNCT__ right here in ohio __PUNCT__

right here in the unit_state __PUNCT__

and thi rais an essenti_part of what your choic is all about __PUNCT__ becaus when you elect a presid __PUNCT__ you don't know what kind of emerg mai happen __PUNCT__ you don't know what problem he or she mai deal with __PUNCT__

but you do want to be abl to trust your presid __PUNCT__

you want to know that your presid mean what he sai and sai what he mean __PUNCT__

and after __NUM___year as presid __PUNCT__ you know me __PUNCT__

you mai not agre with everi decis i made __PUNCT__

you mai at time have been frustrat by the pace of chang __PUNCT__

but you know what i believ __PUNCT__

you know where i stand __PUNCT__

you know i tell the truth __PUNCT__ and you know i fight for you and your famili everi singl_dai as hard as i know how __PUNCT__

you know that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you know that __PUNCT__

so when i talk about chang __PUNCT__ i know what real chang look like becaus i fought for it __PUNCT__

i got the scar to prove it __PUNCT__

i got the grai hair to show for it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and you fought for chang too __PUNCT__

and after all we been through togeth __PUNCT__ we can't turn_back __PUNCT__

we can't give up on it now __PUNCT__

chang __PUNCT__ let me tell you the chang i see move_forward __PUNCT__

chang is a countri where everybodi ha a shot at a great educ __PUNCT__

and that mean parent have to parent and teacher have to teach __PUNCT__

but don't tell me that hire more teacher won't help grow thi economi __PUNCT__

don't tell me that student who can't afford colleg should just borrow more monei from their parent __PUNCT__

that wasn't an option for me __PUNCT__ and i bet it wasn't an option for a whole lot of you __PUNCT__

that why i want to cut the growth in tuition __PUNCT__ over the next __NUM___year i want to cut the growth in half __PUNCT__

i want to recruit __NUM__ math and scienc_teacher so our kid don't fall behind the rest of the world __PUNCT__

i want to train __NUM___million_american at our commun_colleg with the skill busi ar look for right now __PUNCT__

that the kind of chang we need __PUNCT__

that what we fight for in thi elect __PUNCT__

chang __PUNCT__ real chang __PUNCT__ mean we live up to thi countri legaci of innov __PUNCT__

the great_thing about what happen in the auto_industri __PUNCT__ we not just build car again __PUNCT__ we build better car __PUNCT__ car that by the middl of the next decad will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ there ar thousand of worker here in ohio and across the countri who ar build long __PUNCT__ last batteri and wind_turbin __PUNCT__

and i don't __PUNCT__ i want to make sure thei keep build them here __PUNCT__

i don't want tax_code that subsid oil_compani compani_profit when thei alreadi make_monei hand over fist __PUNCT__ i want to help and support clean_energi job here in ohio and the new technolog that will help us cut our oil import in half __PUNCT__

i don't want a tax_code that reward compani for ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ i want to give tax_break and reward compani that ar creat the next gener of manufactur right here in america __PUNCT__ make american product __PUNCT__ stamp with three proud word __PUNCT__ made in america __PUNCT__

that my plan for job and growth __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

chang is turn the page on a decad of war so we can do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__

as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ i will make sure that we pursu our enemi with the strongest militari the world ever known __PUNCT__

but it time to us the save from end the war in iraq and wind down the war in afghanistan to pai down our debt and rebuild america __PUNCT__ repair road and bridg and school all across our countri and put our veteran back to work __PUNCT__ becaus anybodi who ha serv or countri and fought for it freedom shouldn't have to fight for a job when thei come home __PUNCT__

that what i believ __PUNCT__

that my commit to them __PUNCT__

and that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

chang is a futur where we reduc our deficit __PUNCT__ but we do it in a balanc __PUNCT__ respons wai __PUNCT__

i sign a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth of spend_cut __PUNCT__

i want to do more __PUNCT__

but if we seriou about the deficit __PUNCT__ then we got to ask the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ folk like me and governor romnei __PUNCT__ to go back to the tax_rate that were paid when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__

and the reason __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ i promis you we can afford it __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ second of all __PUNCT__ a budget is choic __PUNCT__ and if we seriou about reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ then we got to make_choic __PUNCT__

and as long as i presid __PUNCT__ i will never try to reduc the deficit on the back of middl_class folk and poor_folk __PUNCT__

i not go to turn medicar into a voucher just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i not go to make it more expens for young_peopl to go to colleg just to give me a tax_break __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ we know what chang is __PUNCT__

we know what the futur requir __PUNCT__

but we also know it not go to be easi __PUNCT__

we know it not go to be easi __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ when i wa talk about chang we can believ in __PUNCT__ i wasn't just talk about chang presid __PUNCT__

i wasn't just talk about chang parti __PUNCT__

i wa talk about chang our polit __PUNCT__

i ran back in __NUM__ becaus the voic of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ your voic __PUNCT__ had been shut out of our democraci for too long by lobbyist and special_interest and politician who were will to do whatev it take and sai whatev it take just to keep thing the wai thei ar __PUNCT__

and over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ the statu_quo in washington __PUNCT__ the protector of the statu quo __PUNCT__ thei have fought us everi step of the wai __PUNCT__

thei spent million to try to stop us from reform health_care so that erin could get the care that she need __PUNCT__

thei spent million try to prevent us from reform wall_street so we don't have anoth taxpay __PUNCT__ fund bailout __PUNCT__

thei engin a strategi of gridlock in congress __PUNCT__ refus to compromis on idea that democrat and republican had support in the past __PUNCT__

and what thei count on now __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ is that you be so worn down by all the squabbl and all the dysfunct that you final just give up and walk awai and put them back in power __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that what thei count on __PUNCT__

in other word __PUNCT__ their bet on cynic __PUNCT__

but ohio __PUNCT__ my bet on you __PUNCT__

my bet on you __PUNCT__

my bet on you __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ i don't feel cynic __PUNCT__ i feel hope __PUNCT__ becaus of you __PUNCT__

and everi fight we fought i known that there ar million of peopl all across the countri who care about that fight and support us __PUNCT__

when the __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ when the other parti ha been will to work with me to help middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ like cut_tax for middl_class class_famili and small_busi or when some senat came across the aisl to help repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ i welcom that __PUNCT__

i want to see more cooper in washington __PUNCT__

and i will work with anybodi __PUNCT__ of ani parti __PUNCT__ to move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

and if you want to break the gridlock in congress __PUNCT__ you vote for leader who feel the same wai __PUNCT__ whether thei democrat __PUNCT__ republican __PUNCT__ independ __PUNCT__ peopl who ar seriou about put_peopl first __PUNCT__ not the next elect first __PUNCT__

but if the price of peac in washington is cut deal that will end up kick student off of financi_aid or get rid of fund for plan_parenthood or let insur_compani discrimin against peopl with preexist condit or elimin health_care for million on medicaid who ar poor or elderli or disabl __PUNCT__ i not go to have that __PUNCT__

that not a price i pai __PUNCT__

that not bipartisanship __PUNCT__

that not real chang __PUNCT__

that surrend to the same statu_quo that been hurt middl_class class_famili for wai too long __PUNCT__

and i don't know about you __PUNCT__ but i not readi to give up on that fight __PUNCT__

and i hope you aren't either __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

i hope you aren't weari __PUNCT__

i hope you still got some fight left in you __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

becaus __PUNCT__ understand __PUNCT__ the folk at the veri top in thi countri __PUNCT__ thei don't need a champion in washington __PUNCT__

thei alwai got a seat at the tabl __PUNCT__

thei alwai have access and influenc __PUNCT__

the peopl who need a champion ar the american whose letter i read late at night __PUNCT__ the men and women i meet on the campaign_trail everi dai __PUNCT__

the laid __PUNCT__ off furnitur worker who go back to a commun_colleg to retrain for a job of the futur __PUNCT__ she need a champion __PUNCT__

the restaur_owner who need a loan to expand after hi bank turn him down __PUNCT__ he need a champion __PUNCT__

the cook and the waiter and the clean staff work overtim at a vega hotel __PUNCT__ try to save enough to bui a first home or send their kid to colleg __PUNCT__ thei need a champion __PUNCT__

our polic and firefight and em folk __PUNCT__ our first __PUNCT__ respond who make sacrific think about other befor thei think about themselv __PUNCT__ thei need a champion __PUNCT__

our autowork who got laid off and now ar back on the job with so much digniti and pride __PUNCT__ build great car __PUNCT__ thei need champion __PUNCT__

that teacher in an overcrowd classroom __PUNCT__ dig into her own pocket to pai for school_suppli __PUNCT__ try to make a differ in kid __PUNCT__ live __PUNCT__ she need a champion __PUNCT__

all those kid __PUNCT__ all those young_peopl in inner citi and small_farm town __PUNCT__ in the roll hill of virginia and the vallei of ohio and right here in mentor __PUNCT__ kid dream of becom scientist or doctor __PUNCT__ engin __PUNCT__ entrepreneur __PUNCT__ diplomat __PUNCT__ mayb presid __PUNCT__ thei need a champion in washington __PUNCT__ becaus the futur will never have as mani lobbyist as the statu_quo __PUNCT__ but it the futur that we got to fight for __PUNCT__

it the dream of those children that will be our save grace __PUNCT__

and that why i need you __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ to make sure their voic ar heard __PUNCT__

to make sure your voic ar heard __PUNCT__

i want to keep fight for you __PUNCT__ and we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we come too far to let our voic grow faint __PUNCT__

it time to keep push_forward to educ all our kid __PUNCT__ train all our worker __PUNCT__ creat new job __PUNCT__ rebuild our infrastructur __PUNCT__ discov new sourc of energi __PUNCT__ broaden opportun __PUNCT__ grow our middl_class __PUNCT__ restor our democraci so that no matter who you ar or where you come from __PUNCT__ what you look like __PUNCT__ how you start out __PUNCT__ you can achiev the american_dream __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that why i need your vote __PUNCT__

and if you will to knock on door with me and make some phone_call with me and earli vote for me and turn out on tuesdai for me __PUNCT__ we win ohio __PUNCT__

we win thi elect __PUNCT__

we strengthen the bond between us and reaffirm the spirit that make the unit_state of america the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__