Kammala wannan magana: A ranar 10 ga Fabrairu, 2007, Obama ya sanar da takararsa a matsayin Shugaban Amurka a gaban ginin Old State Capitol a Springfield, Illinois. Zaɓin wurin sanarwar an ɗauka a matsayin alama ce saboda a nan ne kuma Abraham Lincoln ya ba da jawabinsa na tarihi
Jawabin "Gidan Raba" a shekara ta 1858. Obama ya jaddada batutuwan saurin kawo karshen yakin Iraki, kara samun 'yancin makamashi, da kuma gyara tsarin kula da lafiya, a cikin wani kamfen da ya tsara jigogin fata da canji.