Barack Obama: 'Yes We Can'

這是歐巴馬於2008年1月9日，在 New Hampshire 州初選敗選後所做的演講。

原本歐巴馬在該州民調一路領先，想不到希拉蕊前一天在某場演說中情緒失控差點落淚，而這正中了媒體的喜好，不斷反覆播放那個片段（希拉蕊對外的形象一直都是極度幹練、不露個人情緒的）。在眼淚攻勢下，歐巴馬以 3% 的差距敗給了希拉蕊。

如果在台灣，對手大概會狂喊「選戰奧步」或「選舉無效」吧？來看看歐巴馬當天對這個結果說了些什麼：

演說錄影與全文

There is something happening when people vote not just for the party
they belong to but the hopes they hold in common - that whether we are
rich or poor; black or white; Latino or Asian; whether we hail from
Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina, we are ready to take
this country in a fundamentally new direction. That is what's
happening in America right now. Change is what's happening in
America.

You can be the new majority who can lead this nation out of a long
political darkness - Democrats, Independents and Republicans who are
tired of the division and distraction that has clouded Washington; who
know that we can disagree without being disagreeable; who understand
that if we mobilize our voices to challenge the money and influence
that's stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for something
better, there's no problem we can't solve - no destiny we cannot
fulfill.

實在是感動得想流淚。