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HONOLULU – One year ago today, Senator Barack Obama was fighting to win the all-important Iowa caucuses, holding multiple campaign stops across the state. Then the underdog, Mr. Obama capped off a busy day with a nighttime rally in Ames, where he correctly predicted 2008 would be the year of the Democrat.

“Democrats have been waiting for 2008 for awhile and it’s just about here – it is just about here,” he told a crowd of about 1,000 on the campus of the University of Iowa on the cold December night. “Thank you so much, all of you, for taking the time to help celebrate, help ring in what is going to be an outstanding year for Democrats and an outstanding year for America,” he continued before he shared then-breaking news that he led Hillary Clinton in the latest Des Moines Register poll. “We might just pull this thing off, Iowa!”

Eager for publicity, the Illinois senator even took the time to share his plans to ring in the new year before an interview with FOX News’ Major Garrett.

This year, President Elect Obama is planning on staying out of the media spotlight as he enjoys the final day of his Hawaiian vacation. A transition aide expects Mr. Obama to stay at his Kailua rental home and ring in 2009, the first year with a President Obama, with friends and family.

No word on any resolutions, but last year he told reporters that other than winning Iowa, “I usually try not to make too many unrealistic resolutions. I try to make simple ones. I try to be a better husband, I try to be a better father. To be on time so that I don’t make [incoming Press Secretary Robert] Gibbs nervous.”