Barack Obama actually said...

I offer you the hand of friendship, the same commitment to partnership as a do my Democratic colleagues. There is a time for campaigning, and there is a time for governing.

Context

Obama expresses his commitment to bipartisan cooperation in governance.

12/01/2008

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