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By Esther Bintliff in London Published: April 4 2011 13:14 | Last updated: April 4 2011 13:14

Barack Obama has formally launched his campaign to be re-elected US president in 2012, marshalling the voices of supporters in a YouTube video that was posted to his website. “We are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign,†Mr Obama wrote in an accompanying email to supporters on Monday. “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 organising block-by- block, talking to neighbours, co-workers and friends. And that kind of campaign takes time to build.†Mr Obama – who is confronting challenges in Libya, the Middle East and at home, where Congress remains deadlocked over the US budget – faces a tough battle against the Republican party, particularly after their gains in the 2010 midterm elections. His decision to announce his re-election bid via YouTube, coupled with direct emails to his supporters, affirmed the importance of social media and grassroots community organisers in his previous election campaign. Mr Obama’s presidency is dividing Americans. In Gallup’s latest daily opinion poll, 46 per cent of Americans both approved and disapproved of his job performance. However, he is ahead in recent opinion polls pitting him against Republican candidates. The launch video, which is just over two minutes long, features a selection of low-key interviews with a number of individuals, linked by their support for Mr Obama and their desire for him to be re-elected. They are noticeably diverse in ethnicity, age and gender, and are identified only by their first names. “Edâ€, a grey-haired older man sitting on his porch in North Carolina, says: “I can’t not be involved [in the campaign] ... I don’t agree with Obama on everything but I respect and trust him.†The video focuses on the need for Obama supporters to take the initiative in organising campaigns and to galvanise support within their communities. “Katherine†from Colorado says: “I had this perception that politics is all show, that it was all soundbites. But politics is how we govern ourselves. That’s what politics is. And at the grassroots level it’s individuals talking to other individuals and making a difference.†“Gladysâ€, speaking from her kitchen in Nevada, says: “We’re not leaving it up to chance, we’re not leaving it up to, oh you know, the incumbent type of thing – it’s an election that we have to win.†As Gladys speaks, the video shows a sheet of paper entitled “My Team's Roadmap†- an example of the kind of tools that community organisers might use to formulate their local campaigns. “I just saw the energy and hope that he had for this country,†says Mike, a young, enthusiastic New Yorker in a checked shirt. “Even though I couldn’t exactly vote at the time, I knew that someday I’d be able to help re-elect him, and that’s what I plan on doing.†“Aliceâ€, from Michigan, suggests that as Mr Obama will be busy with his “jobâ€, it will be more important than ever for grassroots supporters to help bolster the campaign. “Unfortunately President Obama is just one person, plus he’s got a job – we’re paying him to do a job – so we can’t say, ‘Can you just take some time off and come and get us all energised’. So we’d better figure it out,†she says.
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GOP leaders are probably pissed that Obama got Osama :laugh: Trump just signed up for 5 more seasons of that *****y reality show :hahaha:
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