Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te Hui-tanguru 10, 2007, i whakapuaki a Barack Obama, i taua wā ko ia te Kaunihera iti o te United States mai i Illinois, i tana tono mo te perehitini o te United States i Springfield, Illinois. I whakapuaki a Obama i tana tono i te whare o Old State Capitol, i reira a Aperahama Lincoln i tuku ai i tana "
Ka wehewehea te whare" speech. Ko Obama te kaiwhakataetae matua, me John Edwards, ki te kaiarahi o Hillary Clinton mo te nuinga o te tau 2007. I puta tata mai ia hei tangata whenua i roto i nga mahi torangapu a te Manapori, i te mea kua tukuna e ia te korero matua a te DNC e toru tau noa iho i mua, ana ka wikitoria i tana pooti Senate i muri tata mai.