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Barack Obama: The decline in our GDP didn't happen by accident - it is a direct result of the Bush Administration's trickle down, Wall…

On the recordOctober 29, 2008
The decline in our GDP didn't happen by accident - it is a direct result of the Bush Administration's trickle down, Wall Street first, Main Street last policies that John McCain has embraced for the last eight years and plans to continue for the next four.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement from Senator Barack Obama on Today's Decline in our GDP

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