Eight Years Ago

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In '08, this was the time @davidaxelrod asked to see the NH concession speech. To which @rhodes44 and I replied, "What concession speech?"

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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 10, 2016

...since @POTUS asked us to write the speech as if it'd be a long road ahead no matter what, we realized it worked as a concession too...

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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 10, 2016

...we changed the opening line to "Congratulations, @HillaryClinton!" and kept the rest as is #yeswecan

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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 10, 2016

Yep

I Miss Barack Obama: GOP'rs are lucky there's a 2 term limit, cuz if Obama ran again, he'd win by the biggest landslide in election history.

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Bill Madden (@activist360) February 09, 2016

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“Looking out at these beautiful, talented young women, I know that we have the power to keep reaching higher and defying the odds, and achieving those firsts, and seconds, and thirds, and hundreds, and thousands until a black principal dancer is no longer a cause for headlines. And our children are limited only by the size of their dreams and their willingness to work for them.” — First Lady Michelle Obama to the 51 talented young dancers who came to the White House to perform for Black History Month

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On This Day: Bob Dylan shakes President Barack Obama’s hand following his performance at the “In Performance At The White House: A Celebration Of Music From The Civil Rights Movement” concert in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 9, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today

3:35: The President meets with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Representative Steve Israel

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