Barack Obama

i want to start by congratul senat_clinton on her victori tonight __PUNCT__ and i want to thank the hundr of thousand of pennsylvanian who stood with our campaign todai __PUNCT__

there were a lot of folk who didn't think we could make thi a close race when it start __PUNCT__

but we work_hard __PUNCT__ and we travel across the state to big_citi and small_town __PUNCT__ to factori floor and vfw hall __PUNCT__

and now __PUNCT__ six week later __PUNCT__ we close the gap __PUNCT__

we ralli peopl of everi ag and race and background to our caus __PUNCT__

and whether thei were inspir for the first time or for the first time in a long_time __PUNCT__ we regist a record number of voter who will lead our parti to victori in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

these american cast their ballot for the same reason you came here tonight __PUNCT__ for the same reason that million of american have gone door __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ door and given whatev small_amount thei can to thi campaign __PUNCT__ for the same reason that we began thi journei just a few hundr_mile from here on a cold __DATE___morn in springfield __PUNCT__ becaus we believ that the challeng we face ar bigger than the small of our polit __PUNCT__ and we know that thi elect is our chanc to chang it __PUNCT__

after fourteen long month __PUNCT__ it easi to forget thi from time to time __PUNCT__ to lose_sight of the fierc urgenc of thi moment __PUNCT__

it easi to get caught up in the distract and the silli and the tit __PUNCT__ for __PUNCT__ tat that consum our polit __PUNCT__ the bicker that none of us ar immun to __PUNCT__ and that trivial the profound issu __PUNCT__ two war __PUNCT__ an economi in recess __PUNCT__ a planet in peril __PUNCT__

but that kind of polit is not why we here __PUNCT__

it not why i here and it not why you here __PUNCT__

we here becaus of the more than on hundr worker in logansport __PUNCT__ indiana who just found out that their compani ha decid to move it entir factori to taiwan __PUNCT__

we here becaus of the young_man i met in youngsvil __PUNCT__ north_carolina who almost lost hi home becaus he ha three children with cystic fibrosi and couldn't pai their medic_bill __PUNCT__ who still doesn't have health_insur for himself or hi wife and live in fear that a singl ill could cost them everyth __PUNCT__

we here becaus there ar famili all across thi countri who ar sit around the kitchen_tabl right now try to figur out how to pai their insur_premium __PUNCT__ and their kid __PUNCT__ tuition __PUNCT__ and still make the mortgag so thei not the next on in the neighborhood to put a for sale sign in the front_yard __PUNCT__ who will lai awak tonight wonder if next week paycheck will cover next month bill __PUNCT__

we not here to talk about chang for chang sake __PUNCT__ but becaus our famili __PUNCT__ our commun __PUNCT__ and our countri desper need it __PUNCT__

we here becaus we can't afford to keep do what we been do for anoth four year __PUNCT__

we can't afford to plai the same washington game with the same washington player and expect a differ result __PUNCT__

not thi time __PUNCT__

not now __PUNCT__

we alreadi know what we get from the other parti nomine __PUNCT__

john_mccain ha offer thi countri a lifetim of servic __PUNCT__ and we respect that __PUNCT__ but what he not offer is ani meaning chang from the polici of georg w __PUNCT__ bush __PUNCT__

john mccain believ that georg_bush iraq_polici is a success __PUNCT__ so he offer four more year of a war with no exit_strategi __PUNCT__ a war that send our troop on their third tour __PUNCT__ and fourth tour __PUNCT__ and fifth tour of duti __PUNCT__ a war that cost us billion of dollar a month and hasn't made us ani safer __PUNCT__

john_mccain said that georg_bush econom_polici have led to __PUNCT__ great progress __PUNCT__ over the last seven year __PUNCT__ and so he promis four more year of tax_cut for ceo and corpor who didn't need them and weren't ask for them __PUNCT__ tax cut that he onc vote against becaus he said thei __PUNCT__ offend hi conscienc __PUNCT__

well thei mai have stop offend john_mccain conscienc somewher along the road to the white_hous __PUNCT__ but georg_bush econom_polici still offend our __PUNCT__

becaus i don't think that the __NUM__ american who lost their job thi year ar see the great progress that john_mccain ha seen __PUNCT__

i don't think the million of american lose their home have seen that progress __PUNCT__

i don't think the famili without health_care and the worker without pension have seen that progress __PUNCT__

and if we continu down the same reckless path __PUNCT__ i don't think that futur_gener who be saddl with debt will see these as year of progress __PUNCT__

we alreadi know that john_mccain offer more of the same __PUNCT__

the question is not whether the other parti will bring about chang in washington __PUNCT__ the question is __PUNCT__ will we __PUNCT__

becaus the truth is __PUNCT__ the challeng we face ar not just the fault of on man or on parti __PUNCT__

how mani year __PUNCT__ how mani decad __PUNCT__ have we been talk about solv our health_care crisi __PUNCT__ how mani presid have promis to end our depend on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ how mani job have gone oversea in the 70 __PUNCT__ and the 80 __PUNCT__ and the 90 __PUNCT__ and we still haven't done anyth about it __PUNCT__

and we know why __PUNCT__

in everi elect __PUNCT__ politician come to your citi and your town __PUNCT__ and thei tell you what you want to hear __PUNCT__ and thei make big promis __PUNCT__ and thei lai out all these plan and polici __PUNCT__

but then thei go back to washington when the campaign over __PUNCT__

lobbyist spend_million of dollar to get their wai __PUNCT__

the statu_quo set in __PUNCT__

and instead of fight for health_care or job __PUNCT__ washington end up fight over the latest distract of the week __PUNCT__

it happen year after year after year __PUNCT__

well thi is your chanc to sai __PUNCT__ not thi year __PUNCT__

thi is your chanc to sai __PUNCT__ not thi time __PUNCT__

we have a choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

we can be a parti that sai there no problem with take monei from washington_lobbyist __PUNCT__ from oil lobbyist and drug lobbyist and insur lobbyist __PUNCT__

we can pretend that thei repres real_american and look the other wai when thei us their monei and influenc to stop us from reform health_care or invest in renew_energi for yet anoth four year __PUNCT__

or thi time __PUNCT__ we can recogn that you can't be the champion of work_american if you fund by the lobbyist who drown out their voic __PUNCT__

we can do what we done in thi campaign __PUNCT__ and sai that we won't take a dime of their monei __PUNCT__

we can do what i did in illinoi __PUNCT__ and in washington __PUNCT__ and bring both parti togeth to rein in their power so we can take our govern_back __PUNCT__

it our choic __PUNCT__

we can be a parti that think the onli wai to look tough on nation_secur is to talk __PUNCT__ and act __PUNCT__ and vote like georg_bush and john_mccain __PUNCT__

we can us fear as a tactic __PUNCT__ and the threat of terror to scare up vote __PUNCT__

or we can decid that real strength is ask the tough_question befor we send our troop to fight __PUNCT__

we can see the threat we face for what thei ar __PUNCT__ a call to ralli all american and all the world against the common challeng of the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ terror and nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__ climat chang and poverti __PUNCT__ genocid and diseas __PUNCT__

that what it take to keep us safe in the world __PUNCT__

that the real legaci of roosevelt and kennedi and truman __PUNCT__

we can be a parti that sai and doe whatev it take to win the next elect __PUNCT__

we can calcul and poll __PUNCT__ test our posit and tell everyon exactli what thei want to hear __PUNCT__

or we can be the parti that doesn't just focu on how to win but why we should __PUNCT__

we can tell everyon what thei need to hear about the challeng we face __PUNCT__

we can seek to regain not just an offic __PUNCT__ but the trust of the american_peopl that their leader in washington will tell them the truth __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

we can be a parti of those who onli think like we do and onli agre with all our posit __PUNCT__

we can continu to slice and dice thi countri into red_state and blue_state __PUNCT__

we can exploit the divis that exist in our countri for pure polit_gain __PUNCT__

or thi time __PUNCT__ we can build on the movement we start in thi campaign __PUNCT__ a movement that unit democrat __PUNCT__ independ __PUNCT__ and republican __PUNCT__ a movement of young and old __PUNCT__ rich and poor __PUNCT__ white __PUNCT__ black __PUNCT__ hispan __PUNCT__ asian __PUNCT__ and nativ_american __PUNCT__

becaus on thing i know from travel to forti __PUNCT__ six state thi campaign season is that we not as divid as our polit suggest __PUNCT__

we mai have differ stori and differ background __PUNCT__ but we hold common hope for the futur of thi countri __PUNCT__

in the end __PUNCT__ thi elect is still our best chanc to solv the problem we been talk about for decad __PUNCT__ as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

fourteen month later __PUNCT__ that is still what thi elect is about __PUNCT__

million of american who believ we can do better __PUNCT__ that we must do better __PUNCT__ have put us in a posit to bring about real chang __PUNCT__

now it up to you __PUNCT__ indiana __PUNCT__

you can decid whether we go to travel the same worn path __PUNCT__ or whether we chart a new cours that offer real hope for the futur __PUNCT__

dure the cours of thi campaign __PUNCT__ we all learn what my wife remind me of all the time __PUNCT__ that i am not a perfect man __PUNCT__

and i will not be a perfect presid __PUNCT__

and so while i will alwai listen to you __PUNCT__ and be honest with you __PUNCT__ and fight for you everi singl_dai for the next for year __PUNCT__ i will also ask you to be a part of the chang that we need __PUNCT__

becaus in my two decad of public_servic to thi countri __PUNCT__ i have seen time and time again that real chang doesn't begin in the hall of washington __PUNCT__ but on the street of america __PUNCT__

it doesn't happen from the top __PUNCT__ down __PUNCT__ it happen from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__

i also know that real chang ha never been easi __PUNCT__ and it won't be easi thi time either __PUNCT__

the statu_quo in washington will fight harder than thei ever have to divid us and distract us with ad and attack from now until __DATE__ __PUNCT__

but don't ever forget that you have the power to chang thi countri __PUNCT__

you can make thi elect about how we go to help those worker in logansport __PUNCT__ how we go to re __PUNCT__ train them __PUNCT__ and educ them __PUNCT__ and make our workforc competit in a global_economi __PUNCT__

you can make thi elect about how we go to make health_care afford for that famili in north_carolina __PUNCT__ how we go to help those famili sit around the kitchen_tabl tonight pai their bill and stai in their home __PUNCT__

you can make thi elect about how we plan to leav our children and all children a planet that safer and a world that still see america the same wai my father saw it from across the ocean __PUNCT__ as a beacon of all that is good and all that is possibl for all mankind __PUNCT__

it is now our turn to follow in the footstep of all those gener who sacrif and struggl and face down the greatest odd to perfect our improb union __PUNCT__

and if we will to do what thei did __PUNCT__ if we will to shed our cynic and our doubt and our fear __PUNCT__ if we will to believ in what possibl again __PUNCT__ then i believ that we won't just win thi primari elect __PUNCT__ we won't just win thi elect in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ we will chang thi countri __PUNCT__ and keep thi countri promis aliv in the twenti __PUNCT__ first centuri __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ and mai god_bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__