ion is not whether the other party will bring about change in Washington the question is， will we？

Because the truth is， the challenges we face are not just the fault of one man or one party. How many years how many decades have we been talking about solving our health care crisis？ How many Presidents have promised to end our dependence on foreign oil？ How many jobs have gone overseas in the 70s， and the 80s， and the 90s？ And we still haven t done anything about it. And we know why.

In every election， politicians come to your cities and your towns， and they tell you what you want to hear， and they make big promises， and they lay out all these plans and policies. But then they go back to Washington when the campaign s over. Lobbyists spend millions of dollars to get their way. The status quo sets in. And instead of fighting for health care or jobs， Washington ends up fighting over the latest distraction of the week. It happens year after year after year.

Well this is your chance to say Not this year. This is your chance to say Not this time. We have a choice in this election.

We can be a party that says there s no problem with taking money from Washington lobbyists from oil lobbyists and drug lobbyists and insurance lobbyists. We can pretend that they represent real Americans and look the other way when they use their money and influence to stop us from reforming health care or investing in renewable energy for yet another four years.

Or this time， we can recognize that yo