Obama: America will ‘choose hope’

Published November 8, 2016 2:39am ET



President Obama said Monday night that his presidency turned “yes we can” into “yes we did,” and predicted that people would vote for Hillary Clinton in order to extend his own policies.

Speaking in Philadelphia with the Democratic nominee, Obama said his own campaign tried eight years ago not to just change programs or policies, but to “rebuild an economy” and ensure that “everyone has a chance to succeed, to reform Washington to make your voices more powerful than entrenched lobbyists.”

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