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Barack Obama: Don't, you know, try something different because, you know, that's going to be too risky. You know, you don't know what…

On the recordDecember 25, 2007
Don't, you know, try something different because, you know, that's going to be too risky. You know, you don't know what you might get. So, even though you know what's been done in the past doesn't work, stick with it. I know that that's not how America's made progress.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama critiques the idea of sticking with past approaches and positions himself as a candidate for change.

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