On the recordJuly 7, 2008
This whole notion that I am, you know, shifting to the center or that I'm flip-flopping or this, that, or the other. The people who say this apparently haven't been listening to me.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “This whole notion that I am, you know, shifting to the center or that I'm flip-flopping or this, that, or the other. The…”
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Obama defends his political stance against accusations of shifting to the center and flip-flopping.
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