Barack Obama: “I'm going to run for President because there are some long-term things…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2010

I'm going to run for President because there are some long-term things that we can do that will start growing our economy from the bottom up.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session in Des Moines

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