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1、Obama speaks to supporters in MinnesotaStory Highlights Sen. Barack Obama claims victory in Democratic campaignObama calls for common effort to chart a new course for AmericaObama lays out differences with Republican Sen. John McCainObama: America, this is our moment. This is our time(CNN) - Sen. Ba
2、rack Obama spoke Tuesday to a rally at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota:TranscriptTonight, Minnesota, after 54 hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfiel
3、d, Illinois. Thousands of miles have been traveled. Millions of voices have been heard. And because of what you said - because you decided that change must come to Washington; because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest; because you chose to listen not to your doubts or y
4、our fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another - a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for presiden
5、t of the United States.I want to thank all those in Montana and South Dakota who stood up for change today. I want to thank every American who stood with us over the course of this campaign - through the good days and the bad; from the snows of Cedar Rapids Iowa to the sunshine of Sioux Falls South
6、Dakota. And tonight I also want to thank the men and woman who took this journey with me as fellow candidates for president.At this defining moment for our nation, we should be proud that our party put forth one of the most talented, qualified field of individuals ever to run for this office. I have
7、 not just competed with them as rivals, I have learned from them as friends, as public servants and as patriots who love America and are willing to work tirelessly to make this country better. They are leaders of this party, and leaders that America will turn to for years to come.That is particularl
8、y true for the candidate who has traveled further on this journey than anyone else. Sen. Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign. She has made history not just because shes a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because shes a leader who inspires millions of Americans with
9、 her strength, her courage and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight. I congratulate her on her victory in South Dakota and I congratulate her on the race she has run throughout this contest.Weve certainly had our differences over the last 16 months. But as someone whos shared a
10、stage with her many times, I can tell you that what gets Hillary Clinton up in the morning - even in the face of tough odds - is exactly what sent her and Bill Clinton to sign up for their first campaign in Texas all those years ago; what sent her to work at the Childrens Defense Fund and made her f
11、ight for health care as first lady; what led her to the United States Senate and fueled her barrier-breaking campaign for the presidency - an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be. And you can rest assured that when we finally win the
12、battle for universal health care in this country - and we will win that fight - she will be central to that victory. When we transform our energy policy and lift our children out of poverty, it will be because she worked to help make it happen. Our party and our country are better off because of her
13、, and I am a better candidate for having had the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton.There are those who say that this primary has somehow left us weaker and more divided. Well I say that because of this primary, there are millions of Americans who have cast their ballot for the very first
14、time. There are independents and Republicans who understand that this election isnt just about a change in the party in Washington, but also about the need to change Washington. There are young people, and African-Americans, and Latinos and women of all ages who have voted in numbers that have broke
15、n records and inspired a nation.All of you chose to support a candidate you believe in deeply. But at the end of the day, we arent the reason you came out and waited in lines that stretched block after block to make your voice heard. You didnt do that because of me or Sen. Clinton or anyone else. Yo
16、u did it because you know in your hearts that at this moment - a moment that will define a generation - we cannot afford to keep doing what weve been doing. We owe our children a better future. We owe our country a better future. And for all those who dream of that future tonight, I say - let us begin the work together. Let us unite in common effort to chart a new course for America.In just a few short months, the Rep
