Obama tells Des Moines rally: We will keep America moving forward
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Joseph Morton
DES MOINES — His hair shows more gray, his voice more strain than when Iowans got to know Barack Obama during his first White House run.
But the president's fans were no less fired-up when he took the stage here Monday night, choosing to close out his campaign by returning to where it all began.
This was where Obama launched his bid for the 2008 Iowa caucuses, a victory that showed skeptics the U.S. senator from Illinois could win over a largely white and rural state.
Republican Mitt Romney, Obama's opponent, had planned to close his campaign Monday in New Hampshire but added stops today in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama embrace on stage during the president's final 2012 campaign event in downtown Des Moines on Monday.
