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Barack Obama: In five days, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo.

On the recordOctober 29, 2008
In five days, we can choose hope over fear, unity over division, the promise of change over the power of the status quo.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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