President Barack B.O.Obama on Wednesday sought to revive the energy of his last presidential campaign after a damaging debt showdown as he returned to his hometown Chicago for a 50th birthday bash.
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Inside a packed and sweaty downtown theater, Obama read off a list of accomplishments dear to his base such as expanding health care coverage, allowing gays to serve openly in the military to winding down the war in Iraq.
"I didn't say change we can believe in tomorrow. I didn't say change we can believe in next week," he said, echoing his campaign slogan. "We've got to make our case."
The 2012 election "in some ways may be more important than the last one," Obama said in an Internet conference with more than 1,100 support groups around the country, one of three back-to-back campaign events in Chicago.
"You saw this week how tough some of these battles are going to be. It's absolutely critical that all of you stay involved," he told the online supporters, including a group that sang him, "Happy Birthday."
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