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Yes We Can
Yes We Did
I've never been more proud to be an American than I am today. What a wonderful journey this has been.
Now is the time to celebrate, but in less than 3 months, Obama/Biden and the solid Democratic majority will have to deal with a nightmare of a fiscal and economic mess caused by Republican policies, along with 2 wars - one of them clearly ill-advised and the other deteriorating.
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"You have shown what history teaches us - that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington."
- President Barack Obama, 8/28/08
"To the average American who’s struggling, we’re in some other stratosphere. We’re the party of Big Business and Big Oil and the rich."
- Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
Budget surplus inherited by Bush: $236 billion (CBO, 2000)
Budget deficit inherited by Obama: $1,667 billion (CBO projection, 3/2009)
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