are not just between me and obama but they are between me and some of the other candidates. and if you will help me, when i become your nominee, i will challenge president obama to seven, three-hour debate in the lincoln-douglas tradition with a timekeeper but no moderator. and i will can see up front that he can have a teleprompter. [laughter] [applause] let s be fair. if you had to defend obamacare, wouldn t you want a teleprompter? now, people think he wanted the baby and i will give you three reasons i believe he is going to debate. the first is precedence he announced an president in 2007 in springfield, illinois, quoting abraham lincoln. the second is ego. this is a columbia university harvard law school editor of the harvard law review, the best orator of the democratic party. how does he look in the mirror and say he is afraid to debate someone who taught at west georgia college? the third is practical as many of you know, i studied american history, and when i
unintentionally imposed on small businesses. this solution will prevent small businesses very new administrative burdens and ensure that american workers will see their tax relief as soon as possible. the senate will join the house and immediately deported conferees with instructions to reach an agreement on the full one year payroll tax cut deduction along with unemployment reforms and an extension of unemployment and the so-called topics for two years. its members will work to complete the one year extension that all of us want. we will ask the house and senate to approve this agreement by unanimous consent before christmas. middle-class families and small businesses are struggling. they are making sacrifices. i think this agreement will help our economy. one important provision that i want to highlight is the keystone pipeline. this project would create tens of thousands of jobs in our country. in this jobs project has bipartisan support in the house and senate. i hope the
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