奥巴马推特宣布竞选总统连任

President Barack Obama, who made big strides using social media to rally supporters in his 2008 campaign, appears ready to rally his base once again via social media.
美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马2008年竞选总统的时候在使用社交媒体集结支持者方面跨出了一大步，看上去他已经准备好再次动用社交媒体整合他的阵营了。

Moments ago, Obama tweeted the above message, “Today, we’re filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign. Say, that you’re in:” The tweet included a link to a short video with tributes from his 2008 supporters.
不久前，奥巴马在推特上发出上面这样一条消息，“今天，我们正在填写一些文件启动我们2012年的竞选，嘿，就等你了。” 这条推附有一个链接指向一个简短的视频，里面是对2008年支持者们的一个展示。

Is it that time already?
时机已经成熟了吗？

Obama’s team clearly realizes it appears early to start the 2012 campaign and followed with this tweet:
奥巴马的团队清楚地认识到现在开展2012年竞选为时有点早，于是发布了下面一条：

“While I stay focused on the job you elected me to do, the work of laying the foundation for our campaign must start today.”
我仍然在努力解决当年你们选我当总统的时候让我去做的事情，筹备竞选资金的事儿今天就得开始了。

Obama also posted a similar announcement message to his nearly 19 million fans on Facebook.
奥巴马也在Facebook上发了一条类似的消息给他将近一千九百万的粉丝。

In addition to using social media to share his intentions, Obama’s team alerted supporters the old-fashioned way – via email with a link to the campaign video.
除了使用社交媒体表明意图之外，奥巴马的团队也使用了老式媒体——通过电子邮件链接到竞选视频的方式——来提醒支持者们。