Read this quotation from remarks given by then Senator Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois. What was the purpose of this speech?
in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common
dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States. I recognize there is a certain
presumptuousness-a certain audacity-to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington But I've
been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change."
Barack Obama, February 10, 2007
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to launch his campaign via self-announcement
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to accept a nomination at his party's national convention
c. to begin the nomination process by entering the race
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D
to call for his party's nomination at a state caucus