Sunday Videos

October 12, 2008

From the beginning of this campaign we have worked to share Barack’s story, as well as your stories, through photos, words and video. One of the earliest videos was a very special announcement from Barack, made before this campaign for the presidency had even officially begun. Nearly two years later, there are now over 1,500 videos on the official Barack Obama YouTube channel, with almost 100,000 subscribers and over 17 million views (and counting).

From the stunning speech at the JJ Dinner that helped change the course of the primary, to Iowa victory night, to the moving "Yes We Can" speech on the night of the New Hampshire defeat to the final acceptance speech in Denver, these videos have chronicled the campaign in all its moments for 20 months now.

Through these videos viewers have been able to follow the campaign, day to day, like never before. But they’ve also allowed us to share the stories of average Americans across the country who have found their own ways to make a difference in this election.

Today, we’ll be showcasing a handful of these quiet stories that you may have missed, but that tell the story of this campaign as well as any other. The first is from a small gas station in Detroit, Michigan …

Sunday Videos