Political Quotes

On the recordApril 3, 2013
I think the President is always optimistic about a process in which voters across the country decide which candidates support their priorities and support an agenda that has the middle class as its focus.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney

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