Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Vice President Announcement
August 23, 2008
August 23, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 23 -- The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued the text of the following speech:
Nineteen months ago, on a cold February day right here on the steps of the Old State Capitol, I stood before you to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America.
We started this journey with a simple belief: that the American people were better than their government in Washington - a government that has fallen prey to . . .
Nineteen months ago, on a cold February day right here on the steps of the Old State Capitol, I stood before you to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America.
We started this journey with a simple belief: that the American people were better than their government in Washington - a government that has fallen prey to . . .