It is great to be back in Ames. (Applause.) Class is in session. (Laughter.) I didn’t hear as many cheers — come on. (Laughter.) Whew! (Laughter.) Cyclones football kicks off at home this Saturday. (Applause.)
I won’t pretend I can give a speech like Coach Rhoads can, but I’m going to try — (applause) — because just over two months from now, for the first time in most of your lives, you will get a chance to pick a President. (Applause.) And the truth is you’ve got more at stake in this election than just about anybody. When you step into that voting booth, the choice you make in that one instant is going to shape your country and your world for decades to come.
And I know that’s a pretty heavy idea to lay on you on a Tuesday. (Laughter.) But it’s true. The decisions we make as a country on big issues like the economy and jobs and taxes and education and energy and war and climate change — all these decisions will directly affect your life in very personal ways. And I’ve got to say, this is something I’m acutely aware of when I make these decisions, because they’re decisions that are going to affect Malia and Sasha, my daughters, as well.
It’s the way it’s always been — one generation makes decisions on behalf of the next. But here’s the thing, Cyclones — your generation chooses which path we take as a country. Your vote decides where we go from here. (Applause.) Will we make sure that more good jobs and opportunity take root not in China or India or Germany, but right here in Iowa and all across America, so you don’t have to leave home to get those good-paying jobs? (Applause.)
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