Barack Obama said "I run for the presidency for the same reason I drove halfway across the country over two decades ago to bring jobs to the jobless and hope to the hopeless on the streets of Chicago." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 2, 2007

I run for the presidency for the same reason I drove halfway across the country over two decades ago to bring jobs to the jobless and hope to the hopeless on the streets of Chicago.

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Barack Obama

Democratic · Illinois

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Remarks in Spartanburg

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