Hitting the presidential campaign trail with Obama

On a frigid February morning, Barack Obama stood in front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield – where Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House Divided" speech almost 150 years ago – and announced his bid for the U.S. presidency.

He was surrounded by more than 15,000 people, many of them Illinoisans.

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