Barack Obama

thank you __PUNCT__ hillari __PUNCT__

and thank to all of you for join us here todai __PUNCT__

i want to start by sai a few word about the woman you just heard from __PUNCT__

as someon who took the same histor journei as senat_clinton __PUNCT__ who share a stage with her mani time over those sixteen month __PUNCT__ i know firsthand how tough she is __PUNCT__ how passion she is __PUNCT__ how commit she is to the caus that bring us here todai __PUNCT__

i know that what drive her todai __PUNCT__ and everi dai __PUNCT__ is exactli what led her to the children defens fund year_ago __PUNCT__ it what led her to reform struggl school in arkansa and fight for health_care as first ladi __PUNCT__ it what ha made her an outstand senat from new york and a histor candid for the presid __PUNCT__ an unyield desir to improv the live of ordinari_american __PUNCT__

and you can rest_assur that when we final win the battl for univers_health_care in thi countri __PUNCT__ it will be becaus of her tireless work __PUNCT__

when we final transform our energi_polici __PUNCT__ and lift our children out of poverti __PUNCT__ and make our economi work for work_famili again __PUNCT__ it will be becaus she help make it happen __PUNCT__

i admir her as a leader __PUNCT__ i learn from her as a candid __PUNCT__ i am proud to call her my friend __PUNCT__ and i know how much we need both hillari_clinton and bill_clinton as a parti and a countri in the month and year to come __PUNCT__

hillari and i mai have start with separ goal in thi campaign __PUNCT__ but togeth __PUNCT__ we shatter barrier that have stood firm sinc the found of thi nation __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ we all know that on elect can't eras the bias and outdat attitud we still wrestl to overcom __PUNCT__

and we know there were time dure thi campaign when those bias emerg __PUNCT__

but while thi campaign ha shown us how far we have to go __PUNCT__ we also know that becaus of what hillari accomplish __PUNCT__ my daughter and your look at themselv a littl differ todai __PUNCT__

thei dream a littl bigger and set their sight a littl higher todai __PUNCT__

and the question we face now is __PUNCT__ what kind of futur ar we go to build for them __PUNCT__ it a question i ask not just as a candid for presid __PUNCT__ but as a father think about the challeng my girl will face as thei start career and famili of their own __PUNCT__

it a question i ask as a son __PUNCT__ a grandson __PUNCT__ and a husband who seen some of the women i love most in the world confront so mani of these challeng themselv __PUNCT__

i saw my mother __PUNCT__ a young __PUNCT__ singl_mom __PUNCT__ put herself through school __PUNCT__ and follow her passion for help other while rais me and my sister __PUNCT__

but i also saw how she struggl to provid for us __PUNCT__ worri at time about how she pai the bill __PUNCT__

i saw my grandmoth __PUNCT__ who help rais me __PUNCT__ work her wai up from a secretari at a bank to becom on of the first women bank vice_presid in the state __PUNCT__

but i also saw how she ultim hit a glass_ceil __PUNCT__ how men no more qualifi than she wa kept move up the corpor ladder ahead of her __PUNCT__

and i see my wife __PUNCT__ michel __PUNCT__ the rock of the obama famili __PUNCT__ juggl job and parent with more skill and grace than anyon i know __PUNCT__

but i also seen how it tear at her __PUNCT__

how sometim __PUNCT__ when she with the girl __PUNCT__ she worri about work __PUNCT__ and when she at work __PUNCT__ she worri about the girl __PUNCT__

it a feel i share everi dai __PUNCT__ especi these dai __PUNCT__ when i awai so much out on the campaign_trail __PUNCT__

it someth i hear all the time from work_parent __PUNCT__ especi work women __PUNCT__ mani of whom ar work more than on job to make end meet __PUNCT__

and then there ar the job you have onc the workdai end __PUNCT__ whether it clean the hous or pai the bill or bui the groceri __PUNCT__ help with that scienc project or enforc those bedtim __PUNCT__

the job you don't get paid for __PUNCT__ but that hold our famili togeth __PUNCT__

job that still __PUNCT__ even in the year___NUM__ far too often fall to women __PUNCT__

but let be clear __PUNCT__ these issu __PUNCT__ equal pai __PUNCT__ work/famili balanc __PUNCT__ childcar __PUNCT__ these ar by no mean just women issu __PUNCT__

when a job doesn't offer famili_leav __PUNCT__ that also hurt men who want to help care for a new babi or an ail parent __PUNCT__

when there no afford childcar or afterschool program __PUNCT__ that hurt children who wind up in second rate care __PUNCT__ or spend afternoon alon in front of the tv __PUNCT__

when women still make just __NUM___cent for everi dollar men make __PUNCT__ black and latina women even less __PUNCT__ that doesn't just hurt women __PUNCT__ it hurt famili who find themselv with less incom __PUNCT__ and have to work even harder just to get by __PUNCT__

so you think solv these problem would be on of our highest nation_prioriti __PUNCT__

but while some politician in washington make a lot of nois about famili valu __PUNCT__ when it come to what peopl actual need to support their famili __PUNCT__ and care for their famili __PUNCT__ and spend_time with their famili __PUNCT__ thei get awfulli quiet __PUNCT__ don't thei __PUNCT__ and year after year __PUNCT__ it just get harder for work_parent __PUNCT__ especi work women __PUNCT__ to make a live while rais their kid __PUNCT__

we take it for grant that women ar the backbon of our famili __PUNCT__ but we too often ignor the fact that women ar also the backbon of our middl_class __PUNCT__

and we won't truli have an economi that put the need of the middl class first until we ensur that when it come to pai and benefit at work __PUNCT__ women ar treat like the equal partner thei ar __PUNCT__

as the son __PUNCT__ grandson and husband of hard __PUNCT__ work_mother __PUNCT__ i don't accept an america that make women choos between their kid and their career __PUNCT__

it unaccept that women ar deni job or promot becaus thei got kid at home __PUNCT__

it unaccept that __NUM___million work women don't have a singl paid sick dai __PUNCT__

it unaccept that million of work_mother could actual be fire for take matern leav __PUNCT__ and that __NUM__ percent of worker who have famili_leav can't afford to take it becaus it not paid __PUNCT__

no matter what you do for live __PUNCT__ i think we can all agre that rais our children and care for our love on is the most import job we have __PUNCT__

and it time we start make that job a littl bit easier __PUNCT__ especi for work women __PUNCT__

that mean give work_parent tax_credit to help with childcar and provid afterschool and summer learn program and earli_childhood childhood_educ to keep our kid safe and ensur thei start school readi to learn __PUNCT__

it mean dramat expand the famili and medic leav act to reach million of peopl who aren't cover todai __PUNCT__ and ensur peopl can take leav not just to stai_home with a new babi __PUNCT__ but also to care for elderli parent and particip in school activ like parent __PUNCT__ teacher confer and assembl __PUNCT__

it mean stand up for paid leav __PUNCT__ and paid sick leav __PUNCT__ becaus no on should be punish for get sick or deal with a famili crisi __PUNCT__

and it mean fight for equal pai for women __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ when __NUM__ percent of work women in america earn half __PUNCT__ or more than half __PUNCT__ of their famili_incom __PUNCT__ you think the pai gap would be a thing of the past __PUNCT__

or that we at least be unit in our determin to guarante that women ar paid fairli for their work __PUNCT__

but senat_mccain and i have a real differ on thi issu __PUNCT__

he think the suprem_court got it right last year when thei hand down the ledbett decis that make it more difficult for women to challeng pai discrimin at work __PUNCT__

he oppos legisl that i co __PUNCT__ sponsor to revers that decis __PUNCT__

he suggest that the reason women don't have equal pai isn't discrimin on the job __PUNCT__ it becaus thei need more educ and train __PUNCT__

well let be clear __PUNCT__ the problem in these kind of case isn't that women ar somehow unqualifi or unprepar for higher __PUNCT__ pai posit __PUNCT__

the problem is that some employ aren't pai women fairli __PUNCT__

the problem is that too mani women aren't abl to challeng employ who ar underpai them __PUNCT__

and the solut is to final close that gap and pai women what thei earn __PUNCT__ noth less __PUNCT__

thi isn't just an econom_issu for million of american and their famili __PUNCT__

it a question of who we ar as a countri __PUNCT__ of whether we go to live up to our valu as a nation __PUNCT__

and let be clear __PUNCT__ the suprem_court_rule on equal pai is just the tip of the iceberg in term of what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

usual __PUNCT__ when we talk about the court __PUNCT__ it in the context of reproduct right and roe v __PUNCT__ wade __PUNCT__

and make no mistak about it __PUNCT__ that a critic issu in thi elect __PUNCT__

senat_mccain ha made it abundantli_clear that he want to appoint justic like robert and alito __PUNCT__ and that he hope to see roe overturn __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i stand by my vote against confirm justic robert and alito __PUNCT__

and i made it equal clear that i will never back down in defend a woman right to choos __PUNCT__

but the suprem_court also affect women live in so mani other wai __PUNCT__ from decis on equal pai __PUNCT__ to workplac discrimin __PUNCT__ to titl ix __PUNCT__ to domest_violenc __PUNCT__ to civil right and worker __PUNCT__ right __PUNCT__

and the question we face in thi elect is whether we have judg who demonstr sound judgment and empathi __PUNCT__ who understand how law oper in our daili_live __PUNCT__ who ar commit to uphold the valu at the core of our constitut __PUNCT__ or judg who put ideolog befor justic __PUNCT__ with our fundament right as the first casualti __PUNCT__

and that just the begin __PUNCT__

in thi elect __PUNCT__ we also face question about the fundament issu that will shape the world in which our son and daughter live __PUNCT__

we face question about whether we allow the divid between main_street and wall_street to grow as our economi continu to struggl __PUNCT__ or build an economi that work for all our famili __PUNCT__ where our prosper is onc again the tide that lift everi boat __PUNCT__

whether we continu to spend ten billion_dollar a month in iraq and leav our troop there for the next twenti_year __PUNCT__ or fifti_year __PUNCT__ or on hundr_year __PUNCT__ or start bring them home __PUNCT__ refocus on al_qaeda in afghanistan __PUNCT__ rebuild our militari __PUNCT__ and take care of our veteran __PUNCT__

whether we continu to stand by as health_care_cost push more peopl into bankruptci and the number of uninsur keep rise __PUNCT__ or final guarante qualiti __PUNCT__ afford coverag to everi singl american __PUNCT__

whether we watch a gener of children graduat without the skill thei need to compet in a global_economi __PUNCT__ or give all our children a world class educ __PUNCT__ from earli_childhood all the wai to colleg __PUNCT__

whether we keep depend on dictat for our energi __PUNCT__ give billion in tax_break to oil_compani __PUNCT__ and destroi our planet in the process __PUNCT__ or decid that solv our energi_crisi will be the great project of thi gener __PUNCT__

these ar the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

thi is what i think about when i get the chanc to tuck my girl in at night __PUNCT__

how i want my daughter __PUNCT__ and all our daughter __PUNCT__ to have no limit on their dream __PUNCT__ no obstacl to their achiev __PUNCT__ no opportun beyond their reach __PUNCT__

how i want them to have opportun their mother and grandmoth never could imagin __PUNCT__

we come so much closer to fulfil that goal becaus of the extraordinari woman with whom i share a stage so mani time dure thi campaign as an oppon __PUNCT__ and now have the privileg of do so as a partner __PUNCT__ my friend __PUNCT__ senat hillari_clinton __PUNCT__

and i honor that all of you ar join us as we finish thi journei __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we turn the page on the fail polici of the past __PUNCT__

we bring new energi and new idea to meet the challeng we face __PUNCT__

we ensur that our daughter have the same right __PUNCT__ the same dream __PUNCT__ the same freedom to pursu their version of happi as our son __PUNCT__

and we won't just win an elect __PUNCT__ we will transform thi nation __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__