Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ pueblo __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ colorado __PUNCT__ it good to be back __PUNCT__ it is good to be back __PUNCT__

and thank you so much for be here __PUNCT__

thi is a good look crowd __PUNCT__

can everybodi pleas give crystal a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__

there ar a coupl other peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__

first of all __PUNCT__ on of our campaign cochair __PUNCT__ former secretari of transport __PUNCT__ former secretari of energi __PUNCT__ former mayor __PUNCT__ good_friend __PUNCT__ pleas give a big round of applaus to federico pena __PUNCT__

and we got on of the finest senat that the state of colorado ever had __PUNCT__ who is now do a great job look after the natur_resourc of thi beauti countri of our __PUNCT__ your own secretari of interior ken salazar __PUNCT__

it is great to be with all of you __PUNCT__

we spent the night here last night __PUNCT__ and everybodi ha been so hospit __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ thi morn __PUNCT__ befor we came here we stop by romero for some green chili __PUNCT__

i got to admit that we save some to take back to the white_hous __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so i go to work with the white hous chef to see if we can figur out some of the secret here __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but listen __PUNCT__ unless you been abl to hide from your tv_set or your cabl is broke __PUNCT__ you probabl awar right now that we got a pretti intens campaign go on __PUNCT__

and the reason it so intens is becaus the choic that we face thi __DATE__ could not be bigger __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two candid __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two parti __PUNCT__

more than ani elect in recent_memori __PUNCT__ thi is a choic between two fundament differ path for our countri __PUNCT__ two fundament differ vision of where thi countri need to go __PUNCT__

and the direct that we choos __PUNCT__ the direct that you choos when you walk into that vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ it won't make a differ just in our live __PUNCT__ it will make a differ in our kid __PUNCT__ live and our grandkid __PUNCT__ live for decad to come __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ rememb that __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ we came togeth __PUNCT__ as democrat __PUNCT__ but also independ and republican __PUNCT__ to restor the basic bargain that built the greatest middl_class and the most prosper economi the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and it a bargain that sai __PUNCT__ it veri simpl __PUNCT__ it sai __PUNCT__ if you work_hard __PUNCT__ hard_work should be reward __PUNCT__

it an idea that sai if you put in the effort __PUNCT__ if you take respons for yourself and your commun __PUNCT__ you should be abl to find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

you should be abl to afford a home that you can call your own __PUNCT__

you should be abl to count on health_care if you get sick __PUNCT__

you should be abl to retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ you should be abl to give your kid the kind of educ and opportun that let them dream even bigger than you dream and do even better than you did __PUNCT__

that idea is at the heart of america __PUNCT__

that the american promis __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we understood that restor that promis wouldn't be easi __PUNCT__

it would take more than on year or on term or even on presid __PUNCT__

after all __PUNCT__ we had been come off a decad in which the middl_class had been get hammer __PUNCT__ job had been get ship oversea __PUNCT__ wage and incom were go down __PUNCT__ the cost of everyth from health_care to groceri wa go up __PUNCT__

and it all culmin in the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ a crisi that rob too mani of our friend and neighbor of their job and their home and their save and put the american_dream even further out of reach __PUNCT__

so we knew that we had a lot of work to do __PUNCT__

and over the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ we have focus on right the ship __PUNCT__ make sure that we didn't slip into a depress __PUNCT__ save an auto_industri __PUNCT__ creat 4½ million new job __PUNCT__ half a million new manufactur_job __PUNCT__ get health_care done __PUNCT__ help young_peopl go to colleg __PUNCT__

we have been work to get us move_forward __PUNCT__

to get move forward __PUNCT__

and as tough as thing have been __PUNCT__ and we know our job is not done yet __PUNCT__ what we learn over these last 3½ year is that the crisi didn't chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang our charact __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang what ha made us great __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang why we came togeth __PUNCT__ what we believ in __PUNCT__ why we feel such an urgenc to get to work __PUNCT__

becaus we understand that we need to build an economi where hard_work pai off __PUNCT__ so that no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ what you look like __PUNCT__ where you come from __PUNCT__ what your last name is __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about __PUNCT__ colorado __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ there ar no quick fix __PUNCT__

there ar no easi solut to the challeng we face __PUNCT__

but i know in my bone that we have the capac to meet those challeng __PUNCT__

think about what we got go for us __PUNCT__

we still got the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best busi peopl in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist __PUNCT__ the best research __PUNCT__ the best colleg __PUNCT__ the best univers __PUNCT__

we ar a young nation __PUNCT__ and we got a divers of talent and ingenu that come from everi corner of the globe __PUNCT__

so when you hear peopl sai __PUNCT__ america is in declin or you hear folk for polit reason try to paint thing as dark as thei can __PUNCT__ let me tell you someth __PUNCT__ there isn't a countri on earth that wouldn't trade place with the unit state of america __PUNCT__

what is stand in our wai right now isn't the lack of technic solut or good plan __PUNCT__

what stand in our wai is the polit in washington __PUNCT__ folk who think compromis is a dirti word __PUNCT__ folk who think the onli thing we can do to grow the economi is to go back to the same top __PUNCT__ down econom that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and i promis you __PUNCT__ that their onli idea __PUNCT__ to go back to the thing that didn't work __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ hi friend in congress __PUNCT__ thei believ __PUNCT__ thei got two idea __PUNCT__

on __PUNCT__ tax_cut for the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

two __PUNCT__ thei want to get rid of regul that help keep our air and water clean __PUNCT__ regul that protect our consum __PUNCT__ regul that make sure that wall_street doesn't do the same_kind of thing that creat the financi_crisi __PUNCT__

and their idea is __PUNCT__ is that if we give these big tax_cut to folk who don't need them and ar do realli well and we let corpor run roughshod __PUNCT__ even if thei not do the right thing __PUNCT__ that somehow that go to lead to job and prosper for everybodi __PUNCT__

that what thei propos __PUNCT__

that what thei will do if thei win thi elect __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ crystal mention thi __PUNCT__ the centerpiec of mr __PUNCT__ romnei entir econom_plan is a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ a lot of it is go to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

but last week __PUNCT__ we found out he expect the middl_class to pick up the tab to pai for it __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so you got a __MONEY___trillion tax_plan and to pai for it you rais_tax on middl_class class_famili with children by an averag of __MONEY__ not to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__ not to grow job __PUNCT__ not to invest in educ __PUNCT__ but just to give anoth __MONEY__ tax_cut to peopl_make more than __MONEY___million a year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ thei have tri to sell us thi trickl __PUNCT__ down __PUNCT__ tax_cut fairi dust befor __PUNCT__

it did not work __PUNCT__

it did not work then __PUNCT__

it is not go to work now __PUNCT__

it is not a plan to creat_job __PUNCT__

it is not a plan to cut the deficit __PUNCT__

it not a plan to move our economi forward __PUNCT__

we do not need __PUNCT__ i do not need a tax_cut __PUNCT__

we don't need tax cut for folk who ar do realli __PUNCT__ realli __PUNCT__ realli well __PUNCT__

we need to keep tax low for work_american like you __PUNCT__

we need to keep tax_cut in place for famili who ar try to rais kid and keep them healthi and send them to colleg and keep a roof over their head __PUNCT__

and that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis that i would cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__

i kept that promis __PUNCT__

and the averag middl class_famili __PUNCT__ their tax ar about __MONEY__ lower than when i came into offic __PUNCT__

so if you talk to your friend and thei sai __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ he some big tax democrat __PUNCT__ you tell them __PUNCT__ actual __PUNCT__ he cut your tax __PUNCT__

now i want to keep tax exactli where thei ar on the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom __PUNCT__

so if you a famili make under __MONEY__ __PUNCT__ which is __NUM__ percent of american_famili __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax go up by on singl dime __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you fortun enough to be in the other __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ if you make more than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ you still get a tax_cut on your first __MONEY__

but if you make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million __PUNCT__ then we go to go take the rest of it and tax that a littl bit more at the rate we tax it under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and listen __PUNCT__ the reason we do that is not becaus we love tax __PUNCT__

i would end up have to pai more under my plan __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ and it not like i love pai_tax __PUNCT__ but i understand that i got to do a littl bit more __PUNCT__

i been so bless __PUNCT__

and it will help us bring down our deficit and invest in thing like educ that will help us grow as an economi __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ understand also __PUNCT__ we go to make sure that govern doe it part __PUNCT__

we alreadi cut a trillion_dollar of spend that we didn't need __PUNCT__ and we keep streamlin govern to make it more effect __PUNCT__

but we just ask folk like me to go back to the rate we paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__ and that wa a time when the economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__

and it actual wa good for busi and good for folk at the top too __PUNCT__

becaus you know what happen __PUNCT__ if a steelwork or a construct_worker __PUNCT__ thei got a job and thei got a littl more monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ mayb thei bui that new car __PUNCT__

and that mean that now that busi ha more profit __PUNCT__ mayb thei hire more worker __PUNCT__

if a teacher or a receptionist ha a littl bit more monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ mayb thei go over to anoth restaur __PUNCT__

mayb thei go to romero __PUNCT__ and thei eat out __PUNCT__

and now the restaur hire a coupl more worker __PUNCT__

everybodi doe better __PUNCT__

that how the economi_grow best __PUNCT__ from the middl out __PUNCT__ from the bottom up __PUNCT__ not from the top down __PUNCT__

when all of us share in prosper __PUNCT__ we all do better __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__ becaus i believ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

we got a bunch of exampl of the differ __PUNCT__ the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

when the american auto_industri wa on the brink of collaps __PUNCT__ more than __NUM___million_job at stake __PUNCT__ governor romnei said __PUNCT__ let __PUNCT__ let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i said i believ in american_worker __PUNCT__ i believ in thi american_industri __PUNCT__ and now the american auto_industri ha come roar back __PUNCT__ and gm is number on again __PUNCT__

so now i want to do the same_thing with manufactur_job not just in the auto_industri __PUNCT__ but in everi industri __PUNCT__

i don't want those job take root in place like china __PUNCT__ i want them take root in place like pueblo __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei brag about hi privat_sector experi __PUNCT__ but it wa mostli invest in compani __PUNCT__ some of which were call __PUNCT__ pioneer __PUNCT__ of outsourc __PUNCT__

i don't want to be a pioneer of outsourc __PUNCT__ i want to insourc __PUNCT__

i want to stop give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ let give those tax_break to compani that ar invest here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ make american product with american_worker and sell them around the world __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

here anoth differ __PUNCT__

at a moment when homegrown energi __PUNCT__ renew_energi is creat new job in state like colorado and iowa __PUNCT__ my oppon want to end tax_credit for wind_energi produc __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

think about what that would mean for a commun like pueblo __PUNCT__

the wind industri support about __NUM___job across thi state __PUNCT__

without those tax_credit __PUNCT__ __NUM__ american_job __PUNCT__ includ potenti hundr of job right here __PUNCT__ would be at risk __PUNCT__

colorado __PUNCT__ it time to stop spend billion in taxpay_subsidi on an oil_industri that alreadi make a lot of profit __PUNCT__

and let keep invest in new energi_sourc that have never been more promis __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

i run becaus in __NUM__ i promis to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and i end it __PUNCT__

i promis to go after al qaida and go after bin_laden __PUNCT__ and we did it __PUNCT__

we set a timelin to end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ to make afghan respons for their own secur __PUNCT__

and we could not have done all thi if it had not been for our outstand men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

here in pueblo __PUNCT__ the home of hero __PUNCT__ you know what it mean to care for our veteran __PUNCT__

i want to thank you for everyth you done and ar do to look after our men and women who have worn the uniform __PUNCT__

and i promis you that as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ thi countri will care for our veteran and serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__

nobodi who ha fought for our countri should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

so my plan will creat a veteran job corp __PUNCT__ so we can put return hero back to work as cop and firefight in commun that need them __PUNCT__

and i want to take about half the monei that we no longer spend on war __PUNCT__ and let put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__ do some nation __PUNCT__ build right here at home __PUNCT__

let renew our road and our runwai and our wireless network __PUNCT__

and let work on our water infrastructur __PUNCT__

here in the southwest __PUNCT__ water is the lifeblood of our commun __PUNCT__

it wa __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ thi month __PUNCT__ that presid_kennedi came to pueblo and he sign the fry __PUNCT__ ark bill __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ my administr is make sure __PUNCT__ __NUM___year later __PUNCT__ that you got the resourc to finish the job so that we ar leav your kid and your grandkid clean_water __PUNCT__ clean drink_water that is long_overdu __PUNCT__

that the kind of invest in america that creat_job now and make_life better for the futur __PUNCT__

that what thi elect is about __PUNCT__

that the america we want to build __PUNCT__

colorado __PUNCT__ i run to make sure that we onc again the countri that lead the world in educ __PUNCT__

i want to help our school reward and hire the best teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to studi at commun_colleg and get the skill thei need for the job that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

i want to get colleg and univers to bring tuition down onc and for all __PUNCT__

becaus in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ higher_educ is not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it an econom necess __PUNCT__

and i want to make sure none of our young_peopl who ar will to put in the effort ar lock out of opportun __PUNCT__

so the stake ar big in thi elect on everi issu __PUNCT__

on homeownership __PUNCT__ my oppon sai __PUNCT__ let just let foreclosur bottom out __PUNCT__

that hi answer __PUNCT__

what i said is __PUNCT__ let let everi homeown refin at histor low_rate __PUNCT__ save you __MONEY__ that you can then spend to restor equiti in your home or help your kid go to colleg __PUNCT__

that is good for the economi __PUNCT__

it be good for the hous_market __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei want to revers the afford_care_act __PUNCT__ obamacar __PUNCT__

let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

right now 6½ million young_peopl can stai on their parent plan becaus of the health_care law i pass __PUNCT__

million of senior ar see lower prescript_drug cost __PUNCT__

we ar go to make sure that if you got a preexist condit __PUNCT__ you can now get health_insur __PUNCT__

we not go backward __PUNCT__

we not go to take that awai __PUNCT__

and we certainli not go to follow mr __PUNCT__ romnei lead and go back to the dai when women didn't have control of their own health_care choic __PUNCT__

women can make their own decis __PUNCT__

we don't need politician do it __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei think __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ wa a good_idea __PUNCT__

i think anybodi who love thi countri should be abl to serv thi countri __PUNCT__

that wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

mr __PUNCT__ romnei believ in someth call self __PUNCT__ deport __PUNCT__ think arizona is a model for immigr_law across the countri __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i think we did the right thing to sai that a young_person who come to america __PUNCT__ is brought here __PUNCT__ is rais here __PUNCT__ is friend with our kid __PUNCT__ is go to school with our kid __PUNCT__ is american in everi singl wai except for a piec of paper __PUNCT__ should have the chanc to be a part of the american_famili __PUNCT__

that wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

we go forward __PUNCT__ not backward __PUNCT__

on everi singl on of these issu __PUNCT__ there is a choic __PUNCT__

and it about whether we go back to the fail polici of the past or whether we actual final start onc again work around that core idea that built thi countri __PUNCT__ the idea that if you work_hard here you can make it __PUNCT__

the idea that in america __PUNCT__ everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi doe their fair_share and everybodi plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

the idea that in america we rise or fall togeth and govern can't solv everi problem and it shouldn't try and it certainli can't help folk who ar aren't will to help themselv __PUNCT__

but there ar some thing that we can do togeth as a peopl that make us all better off __PUNCT__ that make our countri strong __PUNCT__ and that our economi work best when the middl_class is grow and feel_secur __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i got to tell you __PUNCT__ we got less than __NUM___month left in thi elect __PUNCT__ less than __NUM__ month __PUNCT__

time is fly __PUNCT__

and over the next __NUM__ month __PUNCT__ you will see more neg_ad __PUNCT__ more monei spent than you ever seen in your life __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ these super_pac __PUNCT__ these gui ar write __MONEY___million check and give them to mr __PUNCT__ romnei support __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and basic __PUNCT__ thei all have just the same_argument __PUNCT__

thei all sai the same_thing __PUNCT__

thei sai the economi is bad and it obama fault __PUNCT__ everi ad is the same_argument __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me tell you someth __PUNCT__

that mai be a strategi to try to win an elect __PUNCT__ but thei can't hide the fact that thei don't have a plan to grow the economi __PUNCT__

thei don't have a plan to creat more job __PUNCT__

thei don't have a plan to reviv the middl_class __PUNCT__

i got that plan __PUNCT__

that why i run __PUNCT__

so when you talk to your friend and your neighbor __PUNCT__ some of them mai think we be better off if we cut_tax for the wealthi and get rid of everi regul __PUNCT__ set our sight lower and stop provid the kind of assist we need to kid to go to colleg __PUNCT__

and you got to tell them __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ if you think that go to work better __PUNCT__ that how democraci work __PUNCT__ you should vote for those other folk __PUNCT__

feel_free to try to send them to washington __PUNCT__

but i believ __PUNCT__ and you believ __PUNCT__ we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we got too much more work to do __PUNCT__

we got too mani good_job we got to creat __PUNCT__

we got too mani teacher we still need to hire __PUNCT__

we got too mani school we need to rebuild __PUNCT__

we got too mani student we need to help go to colleg __PUNCT__

we got too much homegrown energi we need to gener right here in colorado __PUNCT__

we got more troop we need to come home __PUNCT__

we got more door of opportun that we need to open for everi young_person here in pueblo __PUNCT__ here in colorado __PUNCT__ all across the countri __PUNCT__

that what at stake right now __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

that why i ask for your vote __PUNCT__ not just for me __PUNCT__ but for the countri that you believ in __PUNCT__

you got to be regist to vote __PUNCT__

we got folk here who ar readi to help you do that __PUNCT__

here in colorado __PUNCT__ you can regist onlin __PUNCT__

you go to __URL__

__URL__

but don't wait until the last minut __PUNCT__

grab some friend __PUNCT__ get onlin __PUNCT__ let get thi done __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ i made a promis to you __PUNCT__

i said __PUNCT__ i not a perfect man and i won't be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

but what i did sai is i alwai tell you what i thought __PUNCT__ i alwai tell you where i stood __PUNCT__ and most importantli __PUNCT__ i would spend everi wake minut fight as hard as i knew how for you __PUNCT__

i have kept that promis __PUNCT__ colorado __PUNCT__

i kept that promis becaus i believ in you __PUNCT__

i believ in thi countri __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me and you will to stand with me and knock on some door with me and make some phone_call with me and take your friend to the poll for me __PUNCT__ i promis you we will win colorado __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

we will finish what we start __PUNCT__

and we will remind the world why the unit_state is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

thank you veri much __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__