Cenk Uygur
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Emotional Obama Cries Thanking Campaign Staff
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November 9, 2012
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5:00Now Playing"President Obama has had an emotional ride through his final campaign, and the emotion spilled over Wednesday when he momentarily cried while addressing his Chicago campaign staffers.
Obama visited his campaign headquarters in the Prudential Building near Lake Michigan before returning to Washington, the day after his re-election victory. Wearing a white dress shirt, with the top button undone and his silver tie a bit loosened, Obama stood at a microphone in front of two blue signs with his campaign slogan "Forward."
He told the assembled staff, most of whom were young people in their 20s and 30s, that their work organizing his vast ground operation reminded him of his time as a community organizer in Chicago when he was their age.
"It's not that you remind me of myself; it's that you're so much better than I was. You're smarter and you're better organized and you're more effective," he said in a five-minute clip posted on the campaign's YouTube channel. "What Bobby Kennedy called the 'ripples of hope,' when you throw a stone in the lake, that's you."*
Cenk Uygur, Michael Shure (Political correspondent, TYT and Current TV) and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) discuss what appears to be a genuine outburst of emotion from President Obama. Does this mean he'll do everything he can to fulfill his campaign promises?
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