Barack Obama

everywher i go in indiana __PUNCT__ and across thi countri __PUNCT__ i talk to folk who ar work_harder and harder just to get by __PUNCT__

at a time when our economi is in turmoil and wage ar stagnant __PUNCT__ hardwork famili ar struggl to pai rise_cost __PUNCT__ and few cost ar rise more than the on folk pai at the pump __PUNCT__

for the well __PUNCT__ off in thi countri __PUNCT__ high ga_price ar mostli an annoy __PUNCT__ but to most american __PUNCT__ thei a huge problem __PUNCT__ border on a crisi __PUNCT__

here in indiana __PUNCT__ ga cost about __MONEY__ a gallon __PUNCT__ and across the countri __PUNCT__ ga cost more than at ani time in almost thirti_year __PUNCT__

over the last year alon __PUNCT__ the price of oil ha shot up more than __NUM__ __PUNCT__ reach a record high of more than __MONEY__ a barrel __PUNCT__ all of which help explain why the top oil_compani made___MONEY__ __MONEY___billion last year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there noth wrong with a compani be reward for it success __PUNCT__

our economi ha alwai been power by innov and ingenu __PUNCT__

but the reason american keep go to the pump isn't becaus oil_compani ar be particularli innov __PUNCT__

it becaus washington_politician didn't deal with the challeng of altern_energi when thei had the chanc __PUNCT__

when georg_bush ask dick_chenei to come up with our energi_polici a few year_ago __PUNCT__ he met with the environment_group onc __PUNCT__ and he met with the renew_energi folk onc __PUNCT__ and he met with the oil and ga compani __NUM___time __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ we also know thi problem goe deeper than the bush_administr __PUNCT__

becaus we been talk about high ga_price in thi countri sinc american were sit in ga line in the 1970 __PUNCT__

and we heard promis about energi_independ from everi presid __PUNCT__ democrat and republican __PUNCT__ sinc richard_nixon __PUNCT__

and yet the onli thing that differ now is that we ar even more depend on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ our planet is in even greater peril __PUNCT__ and the price of ga keep go up and up and up __PUNCT__

so unless we will to challeng the broken system in washington __PUNCT__ and stop let lobbyist us their clout to get their wai __PUNCT__ noth els is go to chang __PUNCT__

and the reason i run for presid is to challeng that system __PUNCT__

i the onli candid in thi race who work to rein in the power of lobbyist by pass histor ethic reform in illinoi and in the senat __PUNCT__ and i the onli on who isn't take a dime from washington_lobbyist __PUNCT__

we need a presid who look out for famili in indiana __PUNCT__ not just do what good for multin_corpor __PUNCT__ and that the kind of presid i be __PUNCT__

it isn't right that oil_compani ar make record profit at a time when ordinari_american ar go into debt try to pai rise energi_cost __PUNCT__

in the paper todai __PUNCT__ there wa an articl about how million of american ar fall behind on their energi_bill __PUNCT__ and a record number of american could face energi shut __PUNCT__ off over the next two month __PUNCT__

that why we put a windfal profit tax on oil_compani and us it to help indiana famili pai their heat and cool bill and reduc energi_cost __PUNCT__

we also take step to reduc the price of oil and increas transpar in how price ar set so we can ensur that energi_compani aren't bend the rule __PUNCT__

and to help indiana famili meet the rise_cost of ga __PUNCT__ we put a middl_class tax_cut in their pocket that will save them __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ and we elimin incom_tax altogeth for senior make less than __MONEY__

so these ar a few short __PUNCT__ term step we can take to eas the burden that indiana famili ar bear as a result of our fail energi_polici __PUNCT__

but the truth is __PUNCT__ there is no easi answer to our energi_crisi __PUNCT__ and we need a presid who go to be straight with us about that __PUNCT__ a presid who go to tell the american_peopl not just what thei want to hear __PUNCT__ but what thei need to know __PUNCT__

and what thei need to know is that ani real_solut isn't go to come about overnight __PUNCT__

it go to take time __PUNCT__

to bring about real chang __PUNCT__ we go to have to make long __PUNCT__ term_invest in clean_energi and energi_effici __PUNCT__

that why i reach across the aisl in the senat to come up with a plan to doubl our fuel_effici standard that won support of lawmak who had never support rais those standard befor __PUNCT__

and that why i vote for an energi_bill that wa far from perfect becaus it wa the largest invest in renew_energi in histori __PUNCT__ and i fought to elimin the tax giveawai to oil_compani that were slip into that bill __PUNCT__

and as presid __PUNCT__ i work to solv thi energi_crisi onc and for all __PUNCT__

we invest __MONEY___billion over the next ten_year in establish a green_energi sector that will creat up to __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ and those ar job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__

we invest in clean_energi like solar __PUNCT__ wind __PUNCT__ and biodiesel __PUNCT__

and we help make sure that the fuel we us is more effici __PUNCT__

the candid with the washington experi __PUNCT__ my oppon __PUNCT__ ar good_peopl __PUNCT__

thei mean well __PUNCT__

but thei been in washington for a long_time __PUNCT__ and even with all that experi thei talk about __PUNCT__ noth ha happen __PUNCT__

thi countri didn't rais fuel_effici standard for over thirti_year __PUNCT__

so what have we got for all that experi __PUNCT__ ga that approach __MONEY__ a gallon __PUNCT__ becaus you can fight all you want insid washington __PUNCT__ but until you chang the wai it work __PUNCT__ you won't be abl to make the chang american need __PUNCT__

in the end __PUNCT__ we onli eas the burden of ga_price on our famili when hoosier and peopl all across america sai __PUNCT__ enough __PUNCT__

it time to free ourselv from the tyranni of oil __PUNCT__ and stop fund both side in the war on terror __PUNCT__

it time to save thi planet for our children __PUNCT__

the time is now __PUNCT__ not after the next elect or the on after that __PUNCT__

you shouldn't accept ani more excus for why it can't be done __PUNCT__

it won't happen tomorrow __PUNCT__

but if we can come togeth in thi elect __PUNCT__ we can and will begin __PUNCT__ and the first step is chang the wai busi is done in washington __PUNCT__

if we can do that __PUNCT__ then the energi_crisi is on i confid we can solv __PUNCT__