And if we're successful, if we can pass comprehensive reform, these folks will see their costs come down, they'll get the care they need, and we'll help our businesses create jobs again so our economy can grow.

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And if we're successful, then I think it becomes the seed of a broader set of agreements.

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If we're not successful, whoever runs as the nominee is going to be less likely to win.

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"If we're going to be successful, we're going to need Ike and we're going to need Lucas to do what I think everybody knows they're capable of, " Wright said.

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And that's why if we're going to have a successful manufacturing sector, we've got to have successful exports.

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"If we're going to make these vehicles successful, especially after government incentives go away, we're going to have make them affordable, " said company spokesman John Hanson.

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And if we don't do that, we're going to continue to slip behind, even if some of these school reform approaches that we're taking are successful.

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But if my career's as successful as I hope it will be, we're going to reach a lot more firsts.

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