There are a lot of folks who still are looking for a job, or if they're employed, are still just barely getting by.
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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in New York City
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I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions.
Those are all topics that we have to be able to discuss honestly and forthrightly, while we still insist that in that process of debate, we respect other people's right to say things that we profoundly disagree with.
We can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by and so because of your actions, because of your courage, what you’ve seen is California responding, other states looking at what they can do to offset this mid-decade gerrymandering.
The Republicans, who are running Congress right now, they're not even pretending to solve – try to solve the problem. They're not even going to work.





