PHILADEPHIA – Barack Obama is telling campaign donors that he knew there would be setbacks in governing, just like he faced setbacks during his campaign in 2008. But he appealed to supporters to show the same energy they did more than two years ago to send him to victory.
In his words: “We knew this wasn’t going to be easy.”
But he added: “It’s only been 2 1/2 years. We have 5 1/2 years more to go.”
Obama was attending two fundraising events in Philadelphia, one with hundreds of small donors who paid $100 ticket to see him speak at a downtown hotel. He then was being hosted by Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen at his home at an event that attracted 120 people who paid at least $10,000 to attend.
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Even as President Barack Obama’s re-election
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