Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in dubuqu __PUNCT__ it is good to be back close to home __PUNCT__

i wa just talk backstag __PUNCT__ you get close to the midwest __PUNCT__ and suddenli __PUNCT__ everybodi is just nice __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ feel_good __PUNCT__

can everybodi pleas give sandi a big round of applaus for the great introduct __PUNCT__ and give sandi son a big round of applaus for serv our countri __PUNCT__

give it up for john mellencamp __PUNCT__ it is wonder to be here __PUNCT__

for the last sever dai __PUNCT__ all of us have been focus on on of the worst storm in our lifetim __PUNCT__ what been happen on the east_coast __PUNCT__

and i know i speak for the countri when i sai our thought and prayer ar with those who lost love on __PUNCT__ peopl whose live have been upend __PUNCT__

folk here in iowa know someth about flood __PUNCT__ you rememb what happen just a few year_ago __PUNCT__

and the recoveri process is tough __PUNCT__

but when i visit new jersei __PUNCT__ i told folk there that everybodi all across the countri feel the same wai __PUNCT__

we ar go to be with peopl everi step of the wai __PUNCT__ down the long __PUNCT__ hard road of recoveri __PUNCT__

we go to help them rebuild __PUNCT__

we go to do it togeth __PUNCT__

that what american do __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ in the middl of the tragedi __PUNCT__ we were also inspir by hero run into build __PUNCT__ wade through water __PUNCT__ our first __PUNCT__ respond __PUNCT__ our firefight __PUNCT__ em team __PUNCT__ neighbor help neighbor cope with tragedi __PUNCT__ leader of differ parti work togeth to fix what broken __PUNCT__ a spirit that sai no matter how bad a storm is __PUNCT__ no matter how tough_time mai get __PUNCT__ we alwai bounc_back __PUNCT__

we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we rise or fall as on nation __PUNCT__

that what we believ __PUNCT__ and that spirit ha guid thi countri along it improb journei for two centuri now __PUNCT__

and it carri us through 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 american 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 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__ usama bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

so we have made real progress __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ these past___NUM___year __PUNCT__

but we here thi even becaus we know we got more work to do __PUNCT__

as long as there a singl american who want a job and can't find on __PUNCT__ our job is not done __PUNCT__

as long as there ar famili work_harder __PUNCT__ but fall behind __PUNCT__ we got more work to do __PUNCT__

as long as there a child anywher in iowa __PUNCT__ anywher thi countri __PUNCT__ who languish in poverti or bar from opportun __PUNCT__ our fight goe on __PUNCT__

our fight goe on becaus we know thi countri cannot succe without a grow __PUNCT__ thrive middl_class and strong __PUNCT__ sturdi ladder for everybodi who will to work_hard to get into the middl_class __PUNCT__

our fight goe on becaus america ha alwai done best when everybodi ha a fair shot __PUNCT__ everybodi is do their fair_share __PUNCT__ everybodi is plai by the same rule __PUNCT__

that what we believ in __NUM__ that what we believ todai __PUNCT__ and that is 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__ in iowa __PUNCT__ in __NUM___dai __PUNCT__ you have a choic to make __PUNCT__

and some of you have made it __PUNCT__ becaus we have earli vote in iowa __PUNCT__

but if __PUNCT__ but for those of you who have not __PUNCT__ it not just a choic between two candid or two parti __PUNCT__

it a choic between two differ vision of america __PUNCT__

it a choic between go back to the top __PUNCT__ down econom that crash our economi or embrac a futur where we build a strong and grow middl_class __PUNCT__

as american __PUNCT__ we honor the striver and the dreamer __PUNCT__ the small __PUNCT__ busi men and women __PUNCT__ the entrepreneur __PUNCT__ the risk taker __PUNCT__ the free_enterpris enterpris_system that the greatest engin of prosper the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

but we also know that our market_work best __PUNCT__ the free_enterpris enterpris_system system_work best when everybodi is particip __PUNCT__ when we make sure that everybodi ha got a good educ and everybodi can learn new skill __PUNCT__ when we support research into medic breakthrough or clean_energi energi_technolog __PUNCT__

we think that america is stronger when everybodi can count on afford health_care and medicar and social_secur in their retir __PUNCT__

we think the market_work better when there ar 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 don't want govern do everyth __PUNCT__ we think that we can do most thing ourselv __PUNCT__ but there ar time where we can come togeth __PUNCT__

and we certainli don't want govern get involv in the wrong_thing __PUNCT__ for exampl __PUNCT__ we think we don't need politician __PUNCT__ especi __PUNCT__ mostli male politician __PUNCT__ to try to control health_care choic that women ar perfectli capabl of make themselv __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ for __NUM___year __PUNCT__ we had a presid who share these belief __PUNCT__ hi name wa bill_clinton __PUNCT__

hi econom_plan __PUNCT__ like mine __PUNCT__ ask the wealthiest american to pai a littl bit more so we could reduc our deficit __PUNCT__ invest in the skill of our peopl __PUNCT__ invest in the idea we need to succe in a new economi __PUNCT__

and at the time __PUNCT__ back in the __PUNCT__ 90 __PUNCT__ the republican_congress __PUNCT__ and a senat_candid by the name of mitt_romnei __PUNCT__ said bill_clinton clinton_plan would hurt the economi and kill job __PUNCT__

sound_familiar __PUNCT__ turn out __PUNCT__ hi math back then wa just as bad as it is now __PUNCT__

becaus by the end of presid_clinton second term __PUNCT__ we creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ incom were up __PUNCT__ poverti wa down __PUNCT__ our deficit becam the biggest surplu in histori __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ we know our idea work __PUNCT__

we put them to the test __PUNCT__

we also know that their idea don't work __PUNCT__ becaus thei been test also __PUNCT__

in the __NUM___year befor i came into offic __PUNCT__ we tri what thei sell __PUNCT__

we tri give big tax_cut to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

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

here what we got __PUNCT__ fall incom __PUNCT__ record deficit __PUNCT__ slowest growth in job in half a centuri __PUNCT__ and an econom_crisi we still clean up after __PUNCT__

so we know what work __PUNCT__ we know what doesn't __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei __PUNCT__ he a veri talent salesman __PUNCT__

and in thi campaign __PUNCT__ he been work overtim to try to repackag the old bad_idea that didn't work and try to sell them to you as new idea __PUNCT__

he try to sai that thei chang __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ we know what chang look like __PUNCT__ and what he sell is not chang __PUNCT__

give more power to the biggest_bank __PUNCT__ that not chang __PUNCT__

anoth __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that favor the wealthi __PUNCT__ not chang __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

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

politician do that all the time __PUNCT__

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

that what we need to chang __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

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

so what he sell __PUNCT__ we tri it __PUNCT__ it didn't work __PUNCT__ we not go back __PUNCT__

those ar the attitud in washington we need to chang __PUNCT__

and that rais someth about the choic you have to make __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

a lot of choos a presid is about trust __PUNCT__

iowa __PUNCT__ i start my presidenti journei right here in thi state __PUNCT__

so after __NUM___year of campaign and after __NUM__ year as presid __PUNCT__ you know me by now __PUNCT__

you mai not agre with everi decis i made __PUNCT__

you mai have sometim been frustrat at the pace of chang __PUNCT__

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

you know what i believ __PUNCT__

you know where i stand __PUNCT__

when i said i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ i end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

when i said i cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ i cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

when i said i pass health_care_reform so nobodi goe broke when thei get sick __PUNCT__ i pass health_care_reform so nobodi goe broke when thei get sick __PUNCT__

when i said we end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ i end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

when i said i invest in clean_energi __PUNCT__ we doubl clean energi_product in thi countri __PUNCT__

when i said we go after bin_laden __PUNCT__ we went after bin laden __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__

that what you know __PUNCT__

so if thi is a debat about real chang __PUNCT__ i know what chang look like __PUNCT__ becaus i fought for it and i deliv it and i got the scar to prove it __PUNCT__

and you gui have stood with me __PUNCT__

and after all we been through togeth __PUNCT__ we can't give up on it now __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so let me paint a vision of chang for the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

thi is go to be a countri where everi american ha a shot at a good educ __PUNCT__

and govern can't do it all __PUNCT__ parent have to parent __PUNCT__ teacher have to teach __PUNCT__

but don't tell me more teacher won't help thi economi_grow __PUNCT__ becaus i know that great teacher ar what we need in america and what we need in iowa __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__ i bet it wasn't an option for a whole lot of you __PUNCT__

that why i want to cut the growth of tuition in half over the next __NUM___year __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 outstand commun_colleg with the skill that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

that what real chang is __PUNCT__

that what we fight for in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what at stake __PUNCT__

chang come when we live up to thi countri legaci of innov __PUNCT__

i could not be prouder that i bet on american_worker and american ingenu and on the american auto_industri __PUNCT__

and todai __PUNCT__ we not just build car again __PUNCT__ we build better car __PUNCT__ car that in the middl of the next decad will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

and it not just in the auto industri __PUNCT__

there ar thousand of worker right here in iowa build wind_turbin __PUNCT__ all across the countri __PUNCT__ build long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__ advanc manufactur __PUNCT__

i don't want a tax_code that just subsid oil_compani compani_profit when thei make_monei hand over fist __PUNCT__ i want to support the energi job of futur __PUNCT__ the new technolog that will creat new job and energi_independ __PUNCT__ cut our oil import in half __PUNCT__

i don't want to reward compani for creat_job job_oversea __PUNCT__ i want to reward compani that ar invest right here in dubuqu __PUNCT__ right here in iowa __PUNCT__

that my plan for job __PUNCT__

that my plan for growth __PUNCT__

that the futur i see for thi countri __PUNCT__

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

as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we go to pursu our enemi with everyth we got __PUNCT__ with the strongest militari the world ha 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 __PUNCT__ rebuild america __PUNCT__

we could put thousand of folk back to work right now __PUNCT__ rebuild our road __PUNCT__ our bridg __PUNCT__ make sure our school ar state of the art __PUNCT__ hire our veteran __PUNCT__ becaus if you fought for our countri and defend our freedom __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have to fight for a job when you come home __PUNCT__

you shouldn't have to fight for the benefit you earn when you come home __PUNCT__

that my commit to veteran __PUNCT__ but that also my commit to america __PUNCT__

that how we keep ourselv strong __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ i sign a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth of cut __PUNCT__ take out program we don't need __PUNCT__ and i want to do more __PUNCT__

but if we seriou about reduc our deficit __PUNCT__ not just us it for a talk_point dure elect __PUNCT__ if we seriou about it __PUNCT__ then we also got to ask the wealthiest american to go back to the rate thei paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

becaus budget ar about choic __PUNCT__ and if we go to cut_back __PUNCT__ let make sure that we not cut back on thing that ar go to help us grow in the futur __PUNCT__

and let make sure everybodi is share in the sacrific __PUNCT__

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

i not go to sacrific invest in basic research to pai for a tax cut for me and certainli not for mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we don't need it __PUNCT__

but america need those invest to make sure we grow __PUNCT__

so that the chang that we need __PUNCT__

we know what chang is __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

we know what the futur requir __PUNCT__

and we also know it not go to be easi __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ some of you rememb __PUNCT__ becaus i wa campaign here __PUNCT__ i said we need chang we believ in __PUNCT__

i wasn't just talk about chang presid or chang parti __PUNCT__ i wa talk about chang how our polit_work __PUNCT__

i ran becaus the voic of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ your voic __PUNCT__ had been shut out too long __PUNCT__ by the lobbyist and special_interest __PUNCT__ the politician who will do whatev it take to keep thing just the wai thei ar __PUNCT__ the protector of the statu_quo __PUNCT__

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

thei tri to __PUNCT__ thei spent million of dollar try to prevent us from reform our health_care_system __PUNCT__ million of dollar try to prevent us from end taxpay __PUNCT__ fund bailout on wall_street __PUNCT__ million of dollar try to prevent us from protect_consum __PUNCT__

thei engin a strategi of gridlock in congress __PUNCT__ refus to compromis on idea that in the past democrat and republican had support __PUNCT__ suddenli __PUNCT__ republican didn't support them anymor __PUNCT__ includ __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ the health_care_bill that my oppon design in massachusett __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and what thei count on now is that you be so worn down by all the squabbl in washington __PUNCT__ so tire of all the dysfunct __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no wai __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that you just go to give up __PUNCT__ walk awai __PUNCT__ and leav them in power __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei bet on cynic __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ my bet is on you __PUNCT__

my bet is on the decenc and the good and the resolv of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

and the fight we fight __PUNCT__ thei not partisan __PUNCT__

when the other parti ha been will to work with me to help middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ to help folk have ladder of opportun __PUNCT__ like when we cut_tax for middl_class class_famili and small_busi __PUNCT__ and when we came togeth to repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ i embrac them __PUNCT__

i want to work togeth __PUNCT__

i believ we all american first __PUNCT__ not democrat or republican first __PUNCT__

as long as i presid __PUNCT__ i will work with anybodi of ani parti 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__ or independ __PUNCT__ folk who put_peopl first __PUNCT__ not the next elect first __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ i go to confess to you __PUNCT__ there ar time where we need to fight __PUNCT__

if the price of peac in washington is just cut deal that will 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__ that price is too high __PUNCT__

that not a price i will to pai __PUNCT__

that not bipartisanship __PUNCT__

that not real chang __PUNCT__

that surrend to the same statu_quo that ha 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__

i mai be full of grai hair now __PUNCT__ but i just as determin as i wa __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

i not tire __PUNCT__ and i not weari __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ i hope you ar not either __PUNCT__

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

thei alwai have a seat at the tabl __PUNCT__

thei alwai have access __PUNCT__

thei alwai have influenc __PUNCT__

that the wai thing ar __PUNCT__

the peopl who need a champion ar the american whose letter i read late at night after i done with my work in the offic __PUNCT__ the men and women i meet on the campaign_trail everi dai __PUNCT__ the folk i met that first summer when i wa travel around iowa and nobodi could pronounc my name __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the laid __PUNCT__ off furnitur worker who suddenli ha to retrain at the ag of __NUM__ for a new career __PUNCT__ try to figur out how to pai for commun_colleg __PUNCT__ she need a champion __PUNCT__

the restaur_owner who got some great food __PUNCT__ but need a loan to expand __PUNCT__ and the bank turn him down __PUNCT__ he need a champion __PUNCT__

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

the autowork who never thought he be back on the job __PUNCT__ but then suddenli __PUNCT__ thing start pick up __PUNCT__ and he got recal __PUNCT__ and now he back on the line build a great car and full of pride and digniti becaus that job is not just about a paycheck __PUNCT__ that about know that you contribut to someth that import __PUNCT__ that you help the economi_grow __PUNCT__ that you build your commun __PUNCT__ he need a champion __PUNCT__

all the firefight and polic_offic and first __PUNCT__ respond who sacrific so much to help their commun __PUNCT__ thei need a champion __PUNCT__

and that teacher who in an overcrowd classroom __PUNCT__ outdat schoolbook __PUNCT__ have to dig into her own pocket to bui school_suppli __PUNCT__ sometim just feel discourag __PUNCT__ but then know that everi dai there might be just that on kid that she touch that dai __PUNCT__ she need a champion __PUNCT__

all those kid in inner citi and small_farm town __PUNCT__ the roll hill of virginia __PUNCT__ the vallei of ohio __PUNCT__ right here in dubuqu __PUNCT__ kid dream of becom scientist or doctor or engin or entrepreneur __PUNCT__ follow the famili tradit of farm the land __PUNCT__ mayb becom a diplomat __PUNCT__ mayb becom a presid __PUNCT__ start a busi __PUNCT__ thei need champion in washington __PUNCT__ becaus thei don't have lobbyist __PUNCT__

the futur will never have as mani lobbyist as the protector of the statu_quo __PUNCT__ but it the dream of those children that ar our save grace __PUNCT__

thei the on who will carri_forward the vision of america that make us so special __PUNCT__

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

we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we come too far to let our heart grow weari __PUNCT__

now is the time for us to keep push_forward __PUNCT__ to educ all our kid __PUNCT__ to train all our worker __PUNCT__ to creat new job __PUNCT__ to rebuild our infrastructur __PUNCT__ to discov new sourc of energi __PUNCT__ to broaden opportun __PUNCT__ to grow our middl_class __PUNCT__ to restor our democraci __PUNCT__ to make sure that in thi countri __PUNCT__ it doesn't matter where you come from or how you start or what you look like or what your last name is __PUNCT__ what race you ar __PUNCT__ what faith you ar __PUNCT__ it doesn't matter __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try in america __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

and if you will to work with me __PUNCT__ if you will to keep on knock on some door with me __PUNCT__ make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__ turn out to vote for me __PUNCT__ we win iowa __PUNCT__

we win thi elect __PUNCT__

we renew the bond and reaffirm the spirit that make the unit_state the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__