The
Obama
Web
Site:
A
Little
Refresh
By
Joe
Rospars
-
Dec
29th,
2007
at
7:54
am
EST
It
starts
with
Iowa
and
before
you
know
it
more
than
half
the
states
in
the
country
will
have
weighed
in
by
February
5th.
We're
about
to
head
into
what
will
be
the
decisiive
contests
of
this
election,
and
this
morning
we
gave
our
web
site
a
bit
of a
refresh
in
order
to
prepare
for
it.
Things
may
look
a
little
different,
but
the
experience
should
be
familiar
for
those
of
you
who
are
regular
visitors.
My.BarackObama.com,
for
example,
has
been
a
work
in
progress
from
the
very
beginning
thanks
to
your
suggestions
and
feedback,
and
it
will
continue
to
evolve
over
the
coming
weeks.
Instead,
we've
focused
this
refresh
on
making
sure
those
coming
to
the
site
for
the
first
time
are
able
to
get
all
the
information
they
need
and
find
their
way
to
what
interests
them
the
most.
The
biggest
changes
are
to
the
front
page
of
the
site,
where
we'll
now
be
able
to
present
a
lot
more
information
in a
clear,
concise
format.
You'll
see
more
of
the
blog,
more
of
the
latest
news,
and
more
about
events
across
the
country
on
top
of
all
the
ways
you
can
get
involved.
You'll
also
find
a
map
and
a
list
of
states
to
help
folks
find
ways
to
get
involved
wherever
they
live.
For
those
looking
to
learn
more
about
Barack's
positions,
we
also
expanded
the
policy/issues
section
with
more
topic
areas
and
more
types
of
content
for
the
various
topics.
As
with
any
changes,
there
are
bound
to
be
bugs
and
breakages,
so
please
let
us
know
in
the
comments
of
this
post
if
you
experience
any
problems.
We
hope
you
and
the
thousands
of
new
people
who
join
over
movement
every
day
will
find
the
site
that
much
more
useful
as a
result.
Iowa
Victory
Speech
January
3,
2008
Senator
Barack
Obama:
Thank
you,
Iowa.
You
know,
they
said
this
day
would
never
come.
They
said
our
sights
were
set
too
high.
They
said
this
country
was
too
divided;
too
disillusioned
to
ever
come
together
around
a
common
purpose.
But
on
this
January
night
– at
this
defining
moment
in
history
–
you
have
done
what
the
cynics
said
we
couldn't
do.
You
have
done
what
the
state
of
New
Hampshire
can
do
in
five
days.
You
have
done
what
America
can
do
in
this
New
Year,
2008.
In
lines
that
stretched
around
schools
and
churches;
in
small
towns
and
big
cities;
you
came
together
as
Democrats,
Republicans
and
Independents
to
stand
up
and
say
that
we
are
one
nation;
we
are
one
people;
and
our
time
for
change
has
come.
You
said
the
time
has
come
to
move
beyond
the
bitterness
and
pettiness
and
anger
that's
consumed
Washington;
to
end
the
political
strategy
that's
been
all
about
division
and
instead
make
it
about
addition
– to
build
a
coalition
for
change
that
stretches
through
Red
States
and
Blue
States.
Because
that's
how
we'll
win
in
November,
and
that's
how
we'll
finally
meet
the
challenges
that
we
face
as a
nation.
We
are
choosing
hope
over
fear.
We're
choosing
unity
over
division,
and
sending
a
powerful
message
that
change
is
coming
to
America.
You
said
the
time
has
come
to
tell
the
lobbyists
who
think
their
money
and
their
influence
speak
louder
than
our
voices
that
they
don't
own
this
government,
we
do;
and
we
are
here
to
take
it
back.
The
time
has
come
for
a
President
who
will
be
honest
about
the
choices
and
the
challenges
we
face;
who
will
listen
to
you
and
learn
from
you
even
when
we
disagree;
who
won't
just
tell
you
what
you
want
to
hear,
but
what
you
need
to
know.
And
in
New
Hampshire,
if
you
give
me
the
same
chance
that
Iowa
did
tonight,
I
will
be
that
president
for
America.
Thank
you.
I'll
be a
President
who
finally
makes
health
care
affordable
and
available
to
every
single
American
the
same
way
I
expanded
health
care
in
Illinois
–
by--by
bringing
Democrats
and
Republicans
together
to
get
the
job
done.
I'll
be a
President
who
ends
the
tax
breaks
for
companies
that
ship
our
jobs
overseas
and
put
a
middle-class
tax
cut
into
the
pockets
of
the
working
Americans
who
deserve
it.
I'll
be a
President
who
harnesses
the
ingenuity
of
farmers
and
scientists
and
entrepreneurs
to
free
this
nation
from
the
tyranny
of
oil
once
and
for
all.
And
I'll
be a
President
who
ends
this
war
in
Iraq
and
finally
brings
our
troops
home;
who
restores
our
moral
standing;
who
understands
that
9/11
is
not
a
way
to
scare
up
votes,
but
a
challenge
that
should
unite
America
and
the
world
against
the
common
threats
of
the
twenty-first
century;
common
threats
of
terrorism
and
nuclear
weapons;
climate
change
and
poverty;
genocide
and
disease.
Tonight,
we
are
one
step
closer
to
that
vision
of
America
because
of
what
you
did
here
in
Iowa.
And
so
I'd
especially
like
to
thank
the
organizers
and
the
precinct
captains;
the
volunteers
and
the
staff
who
made
this
all
possible.
And
while
I'm
at
it,
on
"thank
yous,"
I
think
it
makes
sense
for
me
to
thank
the
love
of
my
life,
the
rock
of
the
Obama
family,
the
closer
on
the
campaign
trail;
give
it
up
for
Michelle
Obama.
I
know
you
didn't
do
this
for
me.
You
did
this—you
did
this
because
you
believed
so
deeply
in
the
most
American
of
ideas
–
that
in
the
face
of
impossible
odds,
people
who
love
this
country
can
change
it.
I
know
this—I
know
this
because
while
I
may
be
standing
here
tonight,
I'll
never
forget
that
my
journey
began
on
the
streets
of
Chicago
doing
what
so
many
of
you
have
done
for
this
campaign
and
all
the
campaigns
here
in
Iowa
–
organizing,
and
working,
and
fighting
to
make
people's
lives
just
a
little
bit
better.
I
know
how
hard
it
is.
It
comes
with
little
sleep,
little
pay,
and
a
lot
of
sacrifice.
There
are
days
of
disappointment,
but
sometimes,
just
sometimes,
there
are
nights
like
this
– a
night—a
night
that,
years
from
now,
when
we've
made
the
changes
we
believe
in;
when
more
families
can
afford
to
see
a
doctor;
when
our
children—when
Malia
and
Sasha
and
your
children—inherit
a
planet
that's
a
little
cleaner
and
safer;
when
the
world
sees
America
differently,
and
America
sees
itself
as a
nation
less
divided
and
more
united;
you'll
be
able
look
back
with
pride
and
say
that
this
was
the
moment
when
it
all
began.
This
was
the
moment
when
the
improbable
beat
what
Washington
always
said
was
inevitable.
This
was
the
moment
when
we
tore
down
barriers
that
have
divided
us
for
too
long
–
when
we
rallied
people
of
all
parties
and
ages
to a
common
cause;
when
we
finally
gave
Americans
who'd
never
participated
in
politics
a
reason
to
stand
up
and
to
do
so.
This
was
the
moment
when
we
finally
beat
back
the
politics
of
fear,
and
doubt,
and
cynicism;
the
politics
where
we
tear
each
other
down
instead
of
lifting
this
country
up.
This
was
the
moment.
Years
from
now,
you'll
look
back
and
you'll
say
that
this
was
the
moment
–
this
was
the
place
–
where
America
remembered
what
it
means
to
hope.
For
many
months,
we've
been
teased,
even
derided
for
talking
about
hope.
But
we
always
knew
that
hope
is
not
blind
optimism.
It's
not
ignoring
the
enormity
of
the
task
ahead
or
the
roadblocks
that
stand
in
our
path.
It's
not
sitting
on
the
sidelines
or
shirking
from
a
fight.
Hope
is
that
thing
inside
us
that
insists,
despite
all
evidence
to
the
contrary,
that
something
better
awaits
us
if
we
have
the
courage
to
reach
for
it,
and
to
work
for
it,
and
to
fight
for
it.
Hope
is
what
I
saw
in
the
eyes
of
the
young
woman
in
Cedar
Rapids
who
works
the
night
shift
after
a
full
day
of
college
and
still
can't
afford
health
care
for
a
sister
who's
ill;
a
young
woman
who
still
believes
that
this
country
will
give
her
the
chance
to
live
out
her
dreams.
Hope
is
what
I
heard
in
the
voice
of
the
New
Hampshire
woman
who
told
me
that
she
hasn't
been
able
to
breathe
since
her
nephew
left
for
Iraq;
who
still
goes
to
bed
each
night
praying
for
his
safe
return.
Hope
is
what
led
a
band
of
colonists
to
rise
up
against
an
empire;
what
led
the
greatest
of
generations
to
free
a
continent
and
heal
a
nation;
what
led
young
women
and
young
men
to
sit
at
lunch
counters
and
brave
fire
hoses
and
march
through
Selma
and
Montgomery
for
freedom's
cause.
Hope—hope—is
what
led
me
here
today
–
with
a
father
from
Kenya;
a
mother
from
Kansas;
and
a
story
that
could
only
happen
in
the
United
States
of
America.
Hope
is
the
bedrock
of
this
nation;
the
belief
that
our
destiny
will
not
be
written
for
us,
but
by
us;
by
all
those
men
and
women
who
are
not
content
to
settle
for
the
world
as
it
is;
who
have
the
courage
to
remake
the
world
as
it
should
be.
That
is
what
we
started
here
in
Iowa,
and
that
is
the
message
we
can
now
carry
to
New
Hampshire
and
beyond;
the
same
message
we
had
when
we
were
up
and
when
we
were
down;
the
one
that
can
change
this
country
brick
by
brick,
block
by
block,
calloused
hand
by
calloused
hand
–
that
together,
ordinary
people
can
do
extraordinary
things;
because
we
are
not
a
collection
of
Red
States
and
Blue
States,
we
are
the
United
States
of
America;
and
at
this
moment,
in
this
election,
we
are
ready
to
believe
again.
Thank
you,
Iowa.
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