On the recordSeptember 9, 2010
I ran for President because I believed the policies of the previous decade had left our economy weaker and our middle class struggling.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“I ran for President because I believed the policies of the previous decade had left our economy weaker and our middle class struggling.”
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