MORE GRAY, 'MORE WORK'

THEN: "If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible ... tonight is your answer," said a fresh-faced Barack Obama, after becoming the first African-American President in November 2008.
NOW: Four years later, Obama turned his thoughts to moving forward. "Tonight you voted for action, not politics as usual," he said Election Night 2012, adding, "We've got more work to do."

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