Barack Obama: “I might not be standing here if it weren't for the incredible efforts…”

On the recordAugust 17, 2010

I might not be standing here if it weren't for the incredible efforts that all of you put in here in this State and around the country.

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Remarks at a Fundraiser for Governor Theodore Strickland in Columbus

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