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Obama Announces Senator Joe Biden as His VP (Video)

Senator Obama announces Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. I corrected the transcript at the end.



UPDATE: Senator Biden's remarks from today.



Transcript of Biden's remarks

Obama's transcript below:

Following is the prepared text of Sen. Barack Obama's speech Saturday in Springfield, Ill., in which he introduced Sen. Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate.

Nineteen months ago, on a cold February day right here on the steps of the Old State Capitol, I stood before you to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America.

We started this journey with a simple belief: that the American people were better than their government in Washington – a government that has fallen prey to special interests and policies that have left working people behind. As I've travelled to towns and cities, farms and factories, front porches and fairgrounds in almost all fifty states – that belief has been strengthened. Because at this defining moment in our history – with our nation at war, and our economy in recession – we know that the American people cannot afford four more years of the same failed policies and the same old politics in Washington. We know that the time for change has come.

For months, I've searched for a leader to finish this journey alongside me, and to join in me in making Washington work for the American people. I searched for a leader who understands the rising costs confronting working people, and who will always put their dreams first. A leader who sees clearly the challenges facing America in a changing world, with our security and standing set back by eight years of a failed foreign policy. A leader who shares my vision of an open government that calls all citizens – Democrats, Republicans and Independents...

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