Obama Hits New Hampshire
EmailABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: Capitalizing on his Iowa win, Sen. Barack Obama took his show on the road to New Hampshire, debuting a tailored stump speech citing his Iowa results as proof of his electibility in Tuesday’s primary and beyond.
"If you give me the same chance that Iowa gave me just last night, I truly believe that I will be the President of the United States of America," Obama told a large crowd gathered at Pease Airport.
Obama said the pundits are still scratching their heads over his win in Iowa, but he outlined a near laundry list of the groups he wooed and won over in the early caucus.
"They said it couldn’t be done but we won with everybody, we won with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents," Obama said. " We won the young vote, we won the old vote , won the union vote, won the non-union vote, we won men and women, black and white, we gave thousands who had never participated in politics before a reason to believe."
Obama took the electibility issue head on, telling voters, "If you believe in keeping the dream alive, for those who still hunger for opportunity and still thirst for justice. Then I am absolutely convinced that we will win the New Hampshire primary in four days, and then we will win the primaries in Nevada, South Carolina, and on February 5 th and we will win this nomination and we will go to Denver and unify our party."
Obama opened up his greeting to the Granite State crowd with a reference to Hillary Clinton’s past critique of his own presidential ambitions at an early age.
"This feels good. Just like I imagined it when I was talking to my kindergarten teacher," he said.
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This is the start of a New Era of Positive Image of the USA across the world.
Posted by: Dan | January 4, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm
I agree… I’m extremely excited about the possibility of this man being our next President. It’ll be a nice change to have a respectable person as our President.
Posted by: Adam | January 4, 2008, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm
I agree with Dan and Adam. It would be nice to have someone like Obama who will represent people no matter what race, color, or creed they are in America. After all, isn’t that what this country is about?
Posted by: Johnathan | January 5, 2008, 12:05 am 12:05 am
I am fortunate to have watched, in awe, this sort of miraculous sea change in the 60′s, with the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr. lighting up the skies with the spirit of this nation.
And now, again, just when so many of us are thinking we need to pull together our own , personal “exit stategy,” now comes this great, inclusive unifier who would not get into the gutter with the snipes (even when the pundits warned it was necessary) because he is totally committed to the dignity and honor of all people and himself.
May he win and survive. He is the man for the season.
Posted by: Eve | January 5, 2008, 4:51 am 4:51 am
If Obama wins the nomination and that is a big if as he heads south. Then I will vote Republican.
Posted by: Tiredofthehipe | January 5, 2008, 7:43 am 7:43 am
Iwoains should be proud of themselves, America is born anew.
What a message,indeed this can only happen in the United State Of America.
There is now hope for our children that if you dream work hard and pay your dues you can greatly exceed your expectations.
Obama you have giving me hope, that one day my dreams can become reality.
Thank you
Posted by: Ken | January 5, 2008, 9:28 am 9:28 am
Why would he lose in the south ? IS it because he’s black and your mind can’t take in the fact we live in a color blind nation ?
Posted by: Alex | January 5, 2008, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm
What a blessing to us in the United States that we have reached a point in our civilization that we are willing and intelligent enough to select the person who will serve our Country with honor and distinction. Who cares about whether they are Black, Woman,Morman. What we are all seeking is a change in the WORLD as to how we as a nation is perceived, and foremost to make sure our integrity is restored.
To those who would vote for anyone other than a Black man, you are far behind the World in your views and quite frankly, very uncivilized in the 21th Century.
Posted by: Jatis Edmond | January 5, 2008, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm
Woooow…wait a minute…Ken I applaud your comments and agree with you that the prospect of Obama’s presidency is exciting, I was very excited when I saw that he won the Iowa caucus, because as others have said, I think his ideals and his vision for a country that creates its governance, rather than a big government swayed mostly by entrenched interests, come at the right and opportune time. However, we should be careful of representing this as American exceptionalism, there are many countries across the world where similar changes are taking place, particularly women in presidential office, so while this is a mighty event, it is not compltely unique to our country.
Second, while it is a good thing to remain cognizant of the fact that Obama has been victorious in an all-white state (because we all know the history that once would not allow this) he, like everyone else, is much more than his color (I say color because many people do not know that race is more complex than phenotype-outer appearance…there are hispanics, asians, whites, native americans, etc., who have African genes and people of African ancestry that have vice versa..but that always gets left out because what human beings can identify with is only what they see in the physical, if they don’t ask, that is)..beyond his diverse ancestry is his message,his experience with grassroots leaders and communities, his ideals, his character, and most importantly his vision. And that speaks to what he is capable of, afterall experience is based on all of the above as well as hard confrontation with political realities(your character and your vision determines how you mould foreign policy etc., policies are not created in vaccuums of political will and there are ordinary people behind institutions)so with that said, I do wish the media would stop tokenizing blacks and focus on Obama’s messages. I am not saying his blackness should not be made mention of, because it is a reality that we have come to accept for generations, but that the conversation should also go beyond that because there is more to be said for what he stands for for all Americans (it is time to stop seeing America as simply Black and White, there are so many creeds, religions ,racial heritages that should be included…and frankly the only way to do that is to say “Americans or those living in America.”) While, a color-blind nation, might be a good thing, the reality of America’s history and present is not consistent with that. It might be human nature for people to see color as difference and that is not at all bad…it is when we cannot find commonality within that difference or when that difference is made outcast, that the existence of another becomes a burden. As far as I’m concerned, Obama has my vote.
Posted by: maryland | January 5, 2008, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
I have voted republican during the last five elections. Yet, Obama has caught my attention. He is the most worldly of leaders and could give the U.S. a better image in the eyes of foreign diplomacy. But what really strikes me about him is his optimism and hope of the American Dream that will motivate working people to build a better tomorrow. A leader like this comes along once in a lifetime. If he gets the democrat nomination, I may just have to rethink my traditionsl republican vote.
Posted by: Tony | January 6, 2008, 1:35 am 1:35 am
Obama’s win in an all white iowa is amazing and stands as a lesson to the rest of the world to unite irrespective of color, creed and or race.Even if Obama fails to win the general election, Americans have taught a lesson that i never thought i will ever learn from an America. I come from a country where our president is busy dividing the nation. I stand up to you Americans, you are the mother of democracy.
Posted by: gux | January 6, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm