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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 7, 2007

When it comes to the issue that will determine the very future of life on this Earth, we are still Earth's best hope.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 7, 2007

There's no more pressing challenge facing our country than the threat of climate change.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 7, 2007

We can't afford the same kind of caution when the future of our security is at stake.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 7, 2007

Make no mistake - developing the next generation of energy will be one of the greatest challenges that this generation of Americans will ever face.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 7, 2007

I know that change makes for good campaign rhetoric, the word change on a bumper sticker. But, when these same people actually had a chance to make change happen, they didn't lead.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Oct 7, 2007

America's middle-class families have been invisible to the president. It's as if he's looked right through them.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Oct 7, 2007

Seriously, pay attention to this. For all this talk about ending the war, analysts say this has political legs, and it might actually work.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 4, 2007

It's not enough to lay a wreath on Memorial Day, or to make a speech on Veteran's Day.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 4, 2007

We'll have a simple policy when it comes to homeless veterans: zero tolerance.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 4, 2007

As President, I won't stand for hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for benefits.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· Oct 4, 2007

Even if he's dead, just prop him up and put some dark glasses on him like 'Weekend at Bernie's'.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Oct 3, 2007

No more failures to plan, to communicate down the chain of command, or to reset the equipment that we've left in Iraq.

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