page_title: Speeches of Barack Obama
section_title: Democratic National Convention, 2016
hierarchical_section_title: Speeches of Barack Obama / Democratic National Convention, 2016
caption_attribution_description: English: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton hug on the 3rd day of the DNC
context_page_description: Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Before his presidency, he served in the Illinois Senate and the United States Senate.
  It was during his campaign for the United States Senate that he first made a speech that received nationwide attention; he gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. and stated "there is not a liberal America and a conservative America—there is the United States of America". Obama began to run for president just three years after that speech. In response to a political controversy involving race during the primary campaign, he delivered his "A More Perfect Union" speech, which was widely seen as a critical point in the campaign.
  Obama won election to the presidency in 2009 and re-election in 2013 .Among the hundreds of speeches he has delivered since then include six speeches before Congress, two victory speeches, a speech to the Islamic world in Egypt early in his first term, and a speech following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
  On 10 Jan 2017, We Are The Change We Seek, a collection of Barack Obama's greatest speeches selected and introduced by columnist E.J.
context_section_description: In one of the last major speeches of his presidency, Obama strongly endorsed Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president, saying "there has never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton. Not me, not Bill, nobody!" Obama contrasted his and Clinton's hopeful view of America with that of Trump, which he called "deeply pessimistic." Obama argued that Trump is unqualified for the office, and is attempting to use fear to get elected. Michael Grunwald of Politico called it a "stirring but fundamentally defensive speech." Conservative blogger Erick Erickson tweeted "I disagree with the President on so much policy and his agenda, but appreciate the hope and optimism in this speech." After the speech, Clinton appeared on the stage for the first time in the convention, embracing her 2008 primary rival.
caption: President Obama hugging Hillary Clinton
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