Barack Obama has accepted his party nomination for a second term saying voters face the clearest choice at any time in a generation.
The US President has been addressing the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in North Carolina.
He says America has been tested by the cost of war, a troubled economy and crippling political gridlock.
The US President asked Americans for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney proposals for growth as heartless.
Accepting the Presidential nomination at the DNC Obama gave a more down-to-earth follow-up to his 2008 “hope and change” message.
Weighed down by wars, high unemployment and political gridlock, he projected a tone that was more subdued, less exuberant.
Obama told Americans they face starkly different paths in choosing between him and Romney in the November 6th election.
He said his way may be hard but will bring economic renewal.
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