“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”

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On the recordDecember 14, 2007
When folks tell me I can't do something, that's when I like to do it.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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Barack Obama responds to challenges he faces in his campaign.

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