Obama kick offs his reelection campaign

May 06, 2012 |

Washington

Tags:

Barack Obama

President Barack Obama launched his re-election campaign with two back to back rallies in key battleground states of Ohio and Virginia wherein he introduced the slogan of ‘Forward’ in an attempt to recreate his magic of four years ago that made him the first non-White US president.

Addressing impressive rallies in both Columbus in Ohio and Richmond in Virginia, Obama said "his agenda of change – though has accomplished a lot – is yet to reach its destination and thus he needs another chance."

Hitting hard at his presumptive Republican rival, Mitt Romney, Obama said Americans can't afford to give him a chance, alleging that their agenda was on steroids.

"Not now. Not with so much at stake. This isn't just another election. This is a make-or-break moment for America's middle class. We have been through much to turn back now. We have come too far to abandon the change we fought for these past few years," Obama said.

He was accompanied by the First Lady at both the rallies.

"Virginia, we have got to move forward, to the future that we imagined in 2008. We have got to move forward to that future where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. That's the choice in this election. And that's why I am running for a second term as President of the United States of America," Obama said while repeating his new ‘Forward’ slogan.

At these rallies, Obama received support with members from the audience shouting "Four More Year".

Obama said because of the steps taken by his administration since he came to power three years ago, economy was on track.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/149432" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-7e465a8e6f0d411c89120a1ae1b4a88b" value="form-7e465a8e6f0d411c89120a1ae1b4a88b" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="86547205" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>