Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na February 10, 2007, Barack Obama, mgbe ahụ bụ onye na-eto eto United States Senator si Illinois, kwupụtara ọkwa ya maka ọkwa onye isi ala nke United States na Springfield, Illinois. Obama kwupụtara ọkwa nhọpụta ya n'ụlọụka Old State Capitol, ebe Abraham Lincoln kwuru okwu ya bụ "House Divided
" okwu. Obama bụ onye isi na-agbagha, ya na John Edwards, na-ebute ụzọ na-agba ọsọ Hillary Clinton maka ọtụtụ 2007. Ọ bụ naanị na nso nso a ka ọ pụtara dịka onye ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị mba na ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị Democratic, ebe o kwuru okwu DNC naanị afọ atọ gara aga ma merie ntuli aka Senate ya obere oge ka nke ahụ gasịrị.