Sen. Barack Obama Announces Bid to Win Democratic Nomination for President in 2008
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ESTIMATED CROWD OF BETWEEN 15,000 & 20,000 ATTEND TO HEAR HILLARY CLINTON’S LEADING CHALLENGER FOR FRONTRUNNER
US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has announced his plans to run for president in the 2008 elections. He will face a tough field of heavyweight contenders, led by the star-power and financial backing of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), just to win the nomination of his party. The historic announcement [FULL TEXT HERE], seen by many as the first African-American candidate with nationwide electability, brought thousands of citizens together to hear and witness the event.
Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and a Kansan mother, and often links the story of his mixed lineage and diverse cultural background to a broader understanding of the manner in which a society can grow and work together. He has opposed the Iraq war from the start and has become a leading voice in the US Senate for reform of current foreign policy and redirection in the war on terror.
NBC’s Chicago affiliate reported that the announcement drew “a sea of supporters”, as well as protesters who disagree with his stance on abortion, and that some of those who came to hear the candidate speak were “too far to see Obama but nonetheless willing to stand in the frigid cold”. Throughout Sen. Obama’s still young term in office and his rise to national prominence in recent months, there has been buzz about the suprisingly large numbers of people who attend his every appearance in states across the country.
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Sen. Obama has been criticized for the audacity of his seeking the highest office so early in his time in Washington, but has consistently responded with phrasing meant to both cede this point and use it to his advantage: “I recognise there is a certain presumptuousness —a certain audacity— to this announcement. I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change”.
His message hinges on reforms designed to reduce the influence of money in politics, increase the general wellbeing of the middle and working classes, help to combat and prevent poverty and build a viable national healthcare system which does not depend on private financing and which does not leave millions uninsured. To date, he has not been seen to generate any negative publicity, though attacks have already begun.
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