Standing under a bright yellow gingko tree as he spoke in a town square in Dubuque, Obama asked several thousand supporters to help him win Iowa just one more time.
"I started my presidential journey right here," the 51- year-old Democrat said as he criss-crossed several swing states like his Republican rival Mitt Romney to seek support of undecided voters.
"After two years of campaigning and after four years as president, you know me by now. You may not agree with every decision I made, you may have sometimes been frustrated with the pace of change. But you know that I say what I mean and I mean what I say," Obama said yesterday.
Five years ago, Democratic caucus participants gave Obama the first win of the primary season, erasing suspicions that the young senator could give a good speech but was not a bona fide contender for the party nomination.
He went on to carry the state in the general election in 2008 with record votes
