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Political People: Barack Obama's Iowa victory speech: Video
By Stone Martindale Jan 4, 2008, 17:48 GMT
A supporter of Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waits for the candidate to take the stage at a caucus night rally at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, USA 03 January 2008. Senator Barack Obama topped Democratic presidential contenders as presumed frontrunner Hillary Clinton was beaten into third place Thursday night in Iowa. EPA/MICHAL CZERWONKA
Watch his victory speech below: Barack Obama whose win in Thursday's Iowa caucuses dashed Hillary Rodham Clinton's front-runner status, returned to New Hampshire on Friday, hoping to repeat the win in this state's primary on Tuesday.
"This feels good. This feels just like I imagined when I was talking to my kindergarten teacher," Obama said to laughter in a cold, echoing airplane hangar.
Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, finished ahead of Clinton and John Edwards in Iowa's first test of campaign strength. Obama remains in a tight race in New Hampshire with Clinton.
"My throat's a little sore, but my spirits are high because last night the American people began down the road to change and four days from now, New Hampshire, you have the chance to change America," Obama told supporters at a morning rally.
Obama later planned a rally in Concord.
Obama said he saw no reason to revamp his campaign: "No, it's not broken, why fix it?" He returned to his message of unity and bipartisanship that won him favorable attention in a 2004 address at the Democratic National Convention.
"In four days, you can say we are choosing hope over fear, unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to Washington and change is a coming to America," he said.
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