Obama Speech Today: You Made This Happen, Says President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama buoyed by his watershed victory in the 2012 U.S. polls issued a statement, just minutes before addressing his supporters in Chicago. In the statement, he thanked the electors for believing in him and entrusting him with the President's job for a second consecutive term.

The President said that his victory wasn't fate or an accident but the result of an elaborate support. He described his victory as "the clearest proof" yet that Americans can overcome powerful interests.

Here's what President of United States had to say about his historic victory:

I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.

I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen.

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.

I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing what I can to finish what we started.

But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place.

Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests.

There's a lot more work to do.

But for right now: Thank you.