2012 --
People have been sending around two videos here at headquarters this morning, and I thought you'd want to see them, too.
This first one was posted to YouTube almost exactly four years ago. It's Barack Obama's "closing argument" to Iowans the night before the caucuses in 2008.
It's pretty incredible to see candidate Obama talk about what President Obama ultimately did. He makes four specific promises -- on reforming health care, making college more affordable, ending the war in Iraq, and putting us on the path to energy independence -- all of which today, four years later, are promises kept.
 Check it out here: [url]  
 Barack Obama's closing argument: Iowa 2008 
The second video is from yesterday -- posted by the New York Times reporters on the ground in Iowa.
It's a sneak peek into the "the best-organized presidential campaign in Iowa." Spoiler alert: It's not Mitt Romney. Or Ron Paul. Or Rick Santorum.
 You can watch that here: [url]  
 The best-organized presidential campaign in Iowa 
Both these videos are pretty near and dear to my heart. I was the campaign's Iowa caucus director in 2008, and I know how hard people are working there right now, opponent or no opponent.
That's why I want to thank you for opening this email -- especially because I know you've been pretty bombarded with messages from us lately.
All the work we do here at headquarters or more importantly in the field in places like Des Moines and Ankeny and Council Bluffs in Iowa ultimately relies on someone like you deciding to open an email, click on a link on Facebook, or visit BarackObama.com.
 Those tiny decisions are what lead to conversations about the campaign, donations that fuel the work we're all doing, and volunteers turning out at campaign events across the country. 
So, thanks for that, and for everything you've done.
A new chapter in the story of 2012 starts with what happens in Iowa tonight. Most of us will watch what happens on TV -- but as you do, remember that the end of this story is up to you and what you decide to do in the days and weeks ahead.
Mitch
Mitch Stewart Battleground States Director Obama for America
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