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" If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them. "

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" Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship. "

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" Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years. "

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" With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability. "

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