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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 10, 2008

And we cut taxes, but Ronald Reagan knew we had to cut spending at the same, and that was our great failure as a party, is we cut taxes and then we let spending get out of control.

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

I'll be a president who ends those tax breaks for corporations that are shipping jobs overseas and puts those tax breaks to work here in the United States and puts them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve them.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jan 10, 2008

Let's get the record straight -- could we be headed for a recession? Absolutely. Do we have to be headed for a recession? Absolutely not.

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jan 9, 2008

I know that there's some people who think as Senator McCain did. He said, you know, some jobs that left Michigan that are never coming back. I disagree. I'm going to fight for every single job. Michigan, South Carolina, every state in this…

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Mitt Romney
@mittromney· Republican · UT· Jan 9, 2008

That we secure the border, we have the fence and we have enough border patrol agents to secure the border. And that we have an employment verification system of some kind. But the place of difference between us is what we do with the 12…

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 9, 2008

Our borders are broken. More people come across our border illegally every year than most any other state. And I will secure the borders first and I will have the border states governors certify that those borders are secured. And we can…

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 9, 2008

One of the reasons why I won in New Hampshire is because I went there and told them the truth. And sometimes you have to tell people things they don't want to hear along with things that they do want to hear. There are jobs. A little…

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Jan 9, 2008

I have the confidence and that Barack Obama, can be, will be, and should be the next president of the United States.

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John Kerry
@johnkerry· Democratic · MA· Jan 9, 2008

I have the confidence and that Barack Obama can be, will be, and should be the next president of the United States.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 9, 2008

The dream that so many generations fought for... feels as if it's slowly slipping away.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 9, 2008

That's why, telling the American people what we think they want to hear... just won't do.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 9, 2008

I don't wanna pit red America against blue America, I wanna be the President of the UNITED States of America.

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