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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 11, 2008

Out of touch? I mean, John McCain, it took him three tries to finally figure out that the home foreclosure crisis was a problem, and to come up with a plan for it, and he's saying, I'm out of touch?

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 10, 2008

Out of touch? I mean, John McCain, it took him three tries to finally figure out that the home foreclosure crisis was a problem, and to come up with a plan for it, and he's saying, I'm out of touch?

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 10, 2008

Senator -- Senator Clinton voted for a credit card-sponsored bankruptcy bill that made it harder for people to get out of debt, after taking money from the financial services company, and she says I'm out of touch?

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 10, 2008

But the truth is, is that our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there's not evidence of that in their daily lives.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 7, 2008

Nobody's asking for a precipitous withdrawal, but I do think that it has to be a measured but increased pressure; and a diplomatic surge that includes Iran.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 7, 2008

I continue to believe that the original decision to go into Iraq was a massive strategic blunder.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 7, 2008

Nobody is asking for a precipitous withdrawal, but I do think that it has to be a measured but increased pressure and a diplomatic surge that includes Iran because if Maliki can tolerate as normal neighbor-to-neighbor relations in Iran…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 3, 2008

We all share the same hopes for the future, and they're at the heart of the struggle for freedom and dignity and humanity that Dr. King began and that is our task to complete.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 2, 2008

We may have different stories but we hold common hopes. We may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 1, 2008

What I oppose and will always oppose are trade deals to put the interests of Wall Street ahead of the interests of American workers. That's why I opposed NAFTA. That's why I voted against CAFTA. That's why it didn't make sense to normalize…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 31, 2008

the U.S. needs to work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ramp up the pace of indictments of those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 31, 2008

I am deeply concerned by reports that the Bush administration is negotiating a normalization of relations with the Government of Sudan. This reckless and cynical initiative would reward a regime in Khartoum that has a record of failing to…

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 30, 2008

The war in Iraq was unwise. That's why I opposed it in 2002. That's why I will bring it to an end in 2009. I will bring our troops home.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 30, 2008

He's ahead nationally, but she's got a big lead in Pennsylvania and not backing down.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 30, 2008

My attitude is that Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants. Her name is on the ballot and she is a fierce and formidable competitor.

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