<p>''This wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident,'' said Barack Obama who won a second term as US president after defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a tough fight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Obama, the third consecutive president to win a second term, wrote an email to his supporters just before addressing a cheering crowd in Chicago.<br /><br />"I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.<br />"I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen," wrote Obama in the email that was put out on the website democrats.org<br />"You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you pressed forward.<br /><br />"I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support and doing what I can to finish what we started," said the country's first African American president.<br /><br />He wrote: "But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place."<br /><br />"Today is the clearest proof yet that against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests.<br /><br />"There's a lot more work to do.<br />"But for right now: Thank you."<br /></p>
<p>''This wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident,'' said Barack Obama who won a second term as US president after defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a tough fight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Obama, the third consecutive president to win a second term, wrote an email to his supporters just before addressing a cheering crowd in Chicago.<br /><br />"I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.<br />"I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen," wrote Obama in the email that was put out on the website democrats.org<br />"You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you pressed forward.<br /><br />"I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support and doing what I can to finish what we started," said the country's first African American president.<br /><br />He wrote: "But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place."<br /><br />"Today is the clearest proof yet that against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests.<br /><br />"There's a lot more work to do.<br />"But for right now: Thank you."<br /></p>