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Obama was on Meet The Press this morning. Here’s the tail end of his appearance. Transcript:

MR. RUSSERT: Before you go, you related a conversation that you had with your wife, Michelle, that if you didn’t run–win this time for president, you wouldn’t run again.

SEN. OBAMA: Well, no, what my wife said is, “We’re not doing this again.” And…

MR. RUSSERT: Is she right?

SEN. OBAMA: Well, the point she was making, I think, was an interesting one, which is, she said, one of the things that we bring to this race is we’re not that far away from normal. You know, it wasn’t that long ago that we were living in a small condo and it was getting too small for our kids, that we were trying to figure out how to save money for our children’s college education and paying off student loans. That, I think, gives us some insight into what ordinary Americans are going through right now. Eight years from now, she isn’t so sure that we won’t be in a different orbit, and we won’t have that same feeling for what people are going through.

MR. RUSSERT: But if you don’t win this time, would you run again?

SEN. OBAMA: Oh, Tim, we haven’t even cast the–we haven’t even had the first caucus in Iowa.

MR. RUSSERT: Keeping that door open, huh?

SEN. OBAMA: I, I intend to win this time, that’s why I’m running.

MR. RUSSERT: Senator Obama, thanks very much for joining us and sharing your views.

SEN. OBAMA: Thank you.

MR. RUSSERT: And we’ll be right back.

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