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Barack Obama: It is time to turn the page on eight years of economic policies that put Wall Street before Main Street but ended up…

On the recordOctober 17, 2008
It is time to turn the page on eight years of economic policies that put Wall Street before Main Street but ended up hurting both.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks in St. Louis

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