The question isn't going to be, are you better off than you were four years ago, the question is are you better off than you were four weeks ago.
Barack Obama: “The question isn't going to be, are you better off than you were four years ago, the question is are you better off than…”
On the recordOctober 19, 2008
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Obama shifts the focus of the election to recent economic conditions.
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