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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 8, 2008

We won New Hampshire. We will win Michigan. We will win South Carolina. We will win the nomination, and I will be the next president of the United States, with your help.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 8, 2008

We are a Judeo-Christian-valued nation, and we cannot leave these great Americans behind. I want to tell you I will help you create new jobs.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Jan 7, 2008

I'm going to New Hampshire, where the voters don't let you make their decision for them.

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

Whether we are rich or poor, black or white, Latino or Asian, whether we hail from Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina, we are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction.

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

There's something happening when Americans who are young in age and in spirit, who have never participated in politics before, turn out in numbers we have never seen, because they know in their hearts that this time must be different.

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

Well, first of all, I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. She did an outstanding job. Give her a big round of applause.

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

We can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together, and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair.

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

But in record numbers, you came out. And you spoke up for change. And with your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment, in this election, there is something happening in America.

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

We can stop sending our children to schools with corridors of shame and start putting them on a pathway to success.

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

In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

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

Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Jan 7, 2008

This campaign will transform America, because we will take on the challenges. We will seize the opportunities.

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