Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 17, 2008
You cannot just run away from your long-held views or your life-long record. You can't erase 26 years of support for the very policies and people who helped to bring in some of the problems that we're seeing.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama criticizes McCain for changing his stance on government regulation and the AIG bailout.

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