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On the recordOctober 29, 2007
Part of the reason that Republicans, I think, are obsessed with you, Hillary, is because that's a fight they're very comfortable having. It is the fight that we've been through since the '90s. And part of the job of the next president is to break the gridlock and to get Democrats and Independents and Republicans to start working together to solve these big problems like health care or climate change or energy. And what we don't need is another eight years of bickering.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama discusses the need for bipartisan cooperation and criticizes the ongoing political battles.

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