The man who would be president

The World

In one of the longest presidential campaigns in history, some people didn’t believe Obama would be president until all the votes were in. Others believed from the moment they saw him at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. But when did Barack Obama believe he would be president? We take a look back at his speeches and appearances and try to figure out when he believed.

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