Events
On Febuary 10th, Obama announced his
candidacy for the presidency of the United
States in Springfield, Illinois. He then starts
his fundraising and campaigning for his
election.Obama was born in hawaii on
Agust 4th, 1961 and met all the
eligibility guidelines set by the
Constitution.He was elected into the senate on january 3rd,
2005 until november 16, 2008 when he resigned
for presidency. This was his first step in exposing
himself in the political world. One of his main ways
in "testing the waters" was determining his polictical
popularity through the senate.On August 27, the Democratic
Party of the United States nominated
Barack Obama to run for the
office of the President of the
United States of America.
(for video--0:00-0:37)January 8th, 2009 Obama won the presidental
election, and became the 44th president of the
United States.On August 25 to August 28, 2008,
the 2008 Democratic National
Convention took place. where
obama was formallly introduced
as the party's nomoniee.On June 3, 2008, he secured enough
delegates to become the presumptive
nominee of the Democratic Party for
the 2008 presidential election.Barack Obama attacks John McCain
in first US presidential campaign
speech. This is part of his
general election campaign
video link not working:
(https://www.telegraph.co.
uk/telegraphtv/2642805/
VIDEO-EMBED-Barack-
Obama-addresses-
Convention.html)
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