In 2008, Obama carried voters who did not believe they could achieve the American Dream by two-to-one, lost to John McCain those who did believe in the dream and still won the election.
Many of these families were Hispanic immigrants trying to achieve the American dream of home ownership.
If you want to achieve the American Dream, you have to see it and believe it first.
One simply asks if people feel it is possible for them and their family to achieve the American Dream.
So it's very much a human story about individual people who took out loans and tried to achieve the American dream.
That helps spur economic development in communities across our country and gives millions of families and individuals the opportunity to achieve the American dream.
On a personal note, I spent the 4th of July weekend with my immigrant parents who reminded me of their path to achieve the American Dream.
On the basic question of whether "it is possible for you and your family to achieve the American Dream, " 57% said it is possible in a Feb. 17 Zogby Interactive poll of 2, 031 likely voters.
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And I wanted to know how can we create sustainable neighborhoods that allow people who are still trying to achieve the American Dream to be able to afford and live in these brand new neighborhoods and communities?
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As we continue to confront strategic challenges and fiscal austerity, my hope for the future is that the sense of duty our servicemembers and their families exhibit every day inspires the leaders of this nation to have the courage to do what is right, to achieve the American Dream, to give our children a better life, and to build a more secure future.
And the 28-year-old is doing everything he can to achieve the country's dream of being accepted at the top levels of cricket.
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So when it comes to tackling the deficit, or it comes to growing the economy, when it comes to giving every American an opportunity to achieve their American Dream, the American people are demanding the same kind of resolve, the same kind of spirit of compromise, the same kind of problem solving that all these folks on stage have shown.
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Housing policies, interest rate policies and easy credit made the American Dream almost too easy to achieve and drove us inexorably toward the 2007 financial crisis.
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The first one is special in some respects because you have a dream to try and achieve something and if you have your dream of trying to win Olympic gold medal the first one is that becoming reality.
More money in your pocket means more opportunity to shape your future and achieve your own definition of the American Dream.
Only because he defected, at much personal risk, was he able to achieve his dream of playing in the Major Leagues.
Last year, in a last ditch effort to achieve his dream, Moglia, the former CEO of TD Ameritrade, coached the Omaha Nighthawks, one of the four teams in the United Football League.
"This group of players has given everything to achieve this dream, everything over the last four years, " said New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert, who was a member of the defensive line that played in Spain.
When I look at my gold medal, I see a dream that I made four-and-a-half years ago and the journey it took to achieve that dream.
The Republicans have targeted Ms Boxer as one of five vulnerable Democrats they need to unseat in order to achieve their dream of a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate.
Now it's time for us to get to work to achieve not just King's dream but the American dream.
"It's fantastic to turn professional under Frank Warren who is the man to guide me to achieve my dream - to become world champion, " continued Johnson.
The hope is that our public schools will ensure that every child, regardless of their life circumstances can achieve at the highest levels and live the American dream if they work hard and do the right thing.
Where the Labour government has in the past sought to help people fulfill their quest for the "Australian dream, " the current leadership plans to make it difficult for them to achieve it.
Pulis revealed that he had been approached by Tuncay over the weekend requesting that the club "would help him to achieve his dream".
There was no moment where I had to challenge my parents specifically to try and achieve my dream, which is what happens in the movie.
The dream to succeed in the NFL and achieve all that football had to offer was at times a nightmare.
"Steven epitomises the university philosophy of dream, plan, achieve, " he said.
As your Secretary of Interior, you have given to me the opportunity to prove them right and to achieve that American Dream.
She wants to use her remarkable story to teach little girls on the continent that if they have a dream they can definitely achieve it.
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