Il y a d’abord eu le candidat à la nomination pour être le représentant des démocrates aux élections présidentielles de 2008. Barack Obama a fait son annonce en février 2008 lors d’un discours en plein air malgré le froid à Springfield (Illinois). Puis, il y eu le président Obama élu en novembre 2008. Voici le désormais président candidat à sa propre réélection, ce qui en fait n’est pas vraiment une surprise. On dit que les États-Unis sont toujours en élection. Il est vrai que l’on sort à peine des élections mid-terms et qu’Obama lui-même à peine deux ans après sa propre élection qu’il entre dans une nouvelle phase où il va être scruté à la fois comme président, mais aussi comme candidat.
L’annonce d’Obama à Springfield
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Le site de la campagne est déjà sur les rails
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Le message d’Obama annonce sa candidature
“Friend —
Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign.
We’re doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends. And that kind of campaign takes time to build.
So even though I’m focused on the job you elected me to do, and the race may not reach full speed for a year or more, the work of laying the foundation for our campaign must start today.
We’ve always known that lasting change wouldn’t come quickly or easily. It never does. But as my administration and folks across the country fight to protect the progress we’ve made — and make more — we also need to begin mobilizing for 2012, long before the time comes for me to begin campaigning in earnest.
As we take this step, I’d like to share a video that features some folks like you who are helping to lead the way on this journey.
In the coming days, supporters like you will begin forging a new organization that we’ll build together in cities and towns across the country. And I’ll need you to help shape our plan as we create a campaign that’s farther reaching, more focused, and more innovative than anything we’ve built before.
We’ll start by doing something unprecedented: coordinating millions of one-on-one conversations between supporters across every single state, reconnecting old friends, inspiring new ones to join the cause, and readying ourselves for next year’s fight.
This will be my final campaign, at least as a candidate. But the cause of making a lasting difference for our families, our communities, and our country has never been about one person. And it will succeed only if we work together.
There will be much more to come as the race unfolds. Today, simply let us know you’re in to help us begin, and then spread the word: