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I wanted to start this journey in the place where it all started for me. Soon we will be inundated by the polls and the pundrity and the prognostication, all the nonsense that goes with our national political campaigns. But none of that matters. THis is the place that matters, because everyday children walk into this schoolhouse to glimpse their futures, to ask for hope. They may not know they need it yet, but they do. And I am here to tell you that hope is real. In a life of trials in a world of challenges, that hope is real. In a country where families go without health care, where some go without food, some don't even have a home to speak of, hope is real. In a time of global chaos and instability where our faiths collide as often as our weapons, hope is real. Hope is what gives us the courage to take on our greatest challenges, to move forward together. We live in cynical times, I know that. But hope is not up for debate! There is such a thing as false signs, false promises, I am sure that I will have my share of falst starts in this campaign, but there IS no such thing as false hope. There is only hope.
-Matt Santos, The West Wing
-Matt Santos, The West Wing