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Obama discusses Palin, healthcare and energy

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Play from 0:00[0:00] ..." until Charlie Gibson -- you regret your decision to put Hillary Clinton. Your ticket please. I think so they're just trying to -- stuff because that's what they do. My focus is on. John McCain. And the fact that he and surveil and have yet. Describe. Without any specificity. What they would do differently from George Bush. When it comes to economic policy health care policy education bills. They're running. On. Platform now change without offering any specific changes."...

Play from 3:04[3:04] ..." Crisis and then one last question the Massachusetts Health Care program. Does that provide a national model something that you're looking to issue try to craft health care reform package."...

Play from 0:00[0:00]" until Charlie Gibson -- you regret your decision to put Hillary Clinton. Your ticket please. I think so they're just trying to -- stuff because that's what they do. My focus is on. John McCain. And the fact that he and surveil and have yet. Describe. Without any specificity. What they would do differently from George Bush. When it comes to economic policy health care policy education bills. They're running. On. Platform now change without offering any specific changes. And so -- they're going to spend a lot of time. Talking about issues other than her own records and what where they want to take the country but I don't think that's what people interleukin. In this current atmosphere are you able to run kind of campaign. In agent. As you've got to this point. You know what we anticipated. The other side would start. Get an axiom and that's what. Has been the pattern over the last several election cycles what I've been surprised that is how little they seem to be presenting any kind of realistic. Agenda for how they're going to lift the economy out of its current statin and build an economy that can compete in the 21 century. We just haven't heard anything from home about and you know I think that the American people. Understand. The urgency. Of the situation right now they're going to want. Somebody who actually has a plan to. Help them in their lives help them increase their incomes -- the wages and get health -- that's what we're going to focus on for the remainder of this campaign. Which the federal government be doing right now to address the heating oil prices here in the northeast -- went well we've got a northwest heating oil. Reserve that I think may have to be released. In order to keep prices manageable for people. Why he. Low income heating assistance program. We have to make sure that that is adequately funded so that people in get help that they need. Case. After filling up there today a couple of times certainly. Runs -- so -- we're going to have. Have to monitor the situation very closely short term. We have just help people stay -- Long term we've got to change or energy policies so that were helping communities Weber is that we are. Doing much better job in. Energy efficiency in commercial and other building's spaces. And we've got to start looking at alternative fuels messrs. kind of way and that's why I've proposed fifteen billion dollars a year in research and development. Venture funding so that we are developing accounts of renewable energies that are not only good for the environment but also going to be good four."

Play from 3:04[3:04]" Crisis and then one last question the Massachusetts Health Care program. Does that provide a national model something that you're looking to issue try to craft health care reform package."

Play from 3:15[3:15]" Well I think that -- the goal of the masters so your program is to -- Which is to make sure everybody's got coverage. What we are going to have to make sure of is that. We do it in ways that is adequately funded. Is not burdensome. On individuals. One of the concerns I had was that the mandate that was put in place. Before. Actual accessibility or for building was put in place could end up putting more burden on people. And so there there some tweaks to the system that have to be made but did the basic idea that we -- want -- everybody covered -- over long term we're going to have. A greater prevention. Services that we'll end up saving us money that I think it's very."

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[2:39]..." was -- those people. That other people they want this guy to run for president and he doesn't want to run for president so they started draft -- movement. And I felt like that but of course those people never become the president so what's "...

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