Author:Barack Hussein Obama/2008 Presidential Campaign

The following speeches were delivered by Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign season, presidential transition, and president-elect period:

2008 Presidential campaign

 * Announcement to Run for U.S. President (10 February 2007)
 * Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration (4 March 2007)
 * Remarks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (23 April 2007)
 * Remarks to the California State Democratic Convention (2 May 2007)
 * Remarks to the National Conference of Black Mayors (5 May 2007)
 * Remarks to the Detroit Economic Club (7 May 2007)
 * Remarks at Southern New Hampshire University Commencement (19 May 2007)
 * Cutting Costs and Covering America: A 21st Century Health Care System (29 May 2007)
 * Remarks to the Hampton University Annual Ministers' Conference (5 June 2007)
 * Take Back America 2007 (19 June 2007)
 * Taking Our Government Back (22 June 2007)
 * Remarks to the National Education Association Annual Meeting (5 July 2007)
 * Changing the Odds for Urban America (18 July 2007)
 * Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to Caucus4Priorities (October 2007)
 * Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Speech (10 November 2007)
 * The Bedrock of This Nation (3 January 2008)
 * New Hampshire Primary Speech (8 January 2008)
 * The Great Need of the Hour - given at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, Georgia (20 January 2008)
 * On My Faith and My Church (14 March 2008)
 * A More Perfect Union - given across from Liberty Hall, Philadelphia (18 March 2008)
 * U.S. Economy Speech (27 March 2008)
 * Press conference re: Jeremiah Wright (29 April 2008)
 * The Full Measure of Their Devotion (26 May 2008)
 * Remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (4 June 2008)
 * Remarks to the Health Care Town Hall (5 June 2008)
 * Remarks on Chicago's 2016 Summer Olympic bid (6 June 2008)
 * Remarks at Carnegie Mellon University (26 June 2008)
 * Remarks on Patriotism given in Independence, Missouri (30 June 2008)
 * A World that Stands as One given in Berlin (24 July 2008)
 * New rules for a 21st century economy (16 September 2008)
 * Press conference re: the economic crisis (23 September 2008)
 * Election victory speech in Chicago (4 November 2008)
 * Communication From the Honorable Barack Obama (19 November 2008) (resignation from the United States Senate)

The Obama-Biden Transition Project

 * Remarks to the Bipartisan Governors Climate Summit (18 November 2008)
 * Remarks to the International Olympic Committee (21 November 2008)
 * Remarks on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai (28 November 2008)
 * Remarks on World AIDS Day (1 December 2008)
 * Remarks to the National Governors Association (2 December 2008)
 * The Change.gov Agenda (3 December 2008)
 * Remarks on rising unemployment rates (4 December 2008)
 * Interview on Meet the Press (7 December 2008)
 * Remarks on Human Rights Day (10 December 2008)
 * Remarks on the auto-industry bailout (12 December 2008)
 * Remarks on Bill Richardson's withdrawal (4 January 2009)
 * The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (8 January 2009)
 * Interview on This Week (11 January 2009)
 * A Better World in Our Time (17 January 2009)
 * Voices Calling for Change (18 January 2009)

Press Conferences as President-elect

 * The State of Our Economy (7 November 2008)
 * Economic Policy Team I (24 November 2008)
 * Economic Policy Team II (25 November 2008)
 * Economic Policy Team III (26 November 2008)
 * National Security Team (1 December 2008)
 * Secretary of Commerce (3 December 2008)
 * Secretary of Veterans Affairs (7 December 2008)
 * Secretary of Health and Human Services (11 December 2008)
 * Energy & Environment Team (15 December 2008)
 * Secretary of Education (16 December 2008)
 * Agriculture and the Interior (17 December 2008)
 * Financial Regulatory Team (18 December 2008)
 * Labor, Transportation, USTR, and SBA (19 December 2008)