Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Aug 28, 2008 21:25:33 GMT -5
As i Write this There are 5 Guests Here at TQB & Mr Obama's Speaking on TV - I Would like to Thank Those Here Reading This and Get Your Opinions and Take on Mr Obama's - So Please Respond with Your Views Thank You !
Barack Obama is set to address US Democrats at the party's national convention, a day after being chosen as their candidate for the White House.
Mr Obama, the first African-American to be nominated for president by a major US party, will formally accept his historic candidacy in Denver, Colorado.
Former Vice-President Al Gore told some 75,000 people gathered to hear Mr Obama this was a chance to "change course".
The event comes 45 years since Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" address.
The civil rights leader's son, Martin Luther King III, told the convention that his father's dream lived on in Mr Obama's candidacy.
Speaking at the Invesco stadium in Denver, where Mr Obama is to appear later, he said: "We are all the children of the dream and he is here in all of our hearts and minds.
"But not only that, he is in the hopes and dreams, the competence and courage, the rightness and readiness of Barack Obama." Mr Obama's much-anticipated appearance will be the highlight of the party's carefully choreographed four-day event.
It is likely to have all the pomp and grandeur of a coronation, says the BBC's Matthew Price at the Denver Bronco's stadium.
Questions remain as to whether Mr Obama can cement his standing within his own party, and reach out to those parts of the electorate that are yet to be convinced by him, our correspondent notes.
He was resoundingly endorsed by ex-President Bill Clinton on Wednesday, which may help consolidate his standing.
Earlier that same day, in a moment of high drama, his defeated rival Hillary Clinton cut short a roll-call vote to endorse Mr Obama's candidacy by acclamation, in a powerful gesture of unity.
Mr Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden, accepted his own nomination for vice-president in a speech that was sharply critical of Mr McCain.
The presidential election on 4 November will pit Mr Obama against Mr McCain, who will be nominated next week at his party's convention in St Paul, Minnesota QC
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7586375.stm
Barack Obama is set to address US Democrats at the party's national convention, a day after being chosen as their candidate for the White House.
Mr Obama, the first African-American to be nominated for president by a major US party, will formally accept his historic candidacy in Denver, Colorado.
Former Vice-President Al Gore told some 75,000 people gathered to hear Mr Obama this was a chance to "change course".
The event comes 45 years since Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" address.
The civil rights leader's son, Martin Luther King III, told the convention that his father's dream lived on in Mr Obama's candidacy.
Speaking at the Invesco stadium in Denver, where Mr Obama is to appear later, he said: "We are all the children of the dream and he is here in all of our hearts and minds.
"But not only that, he is in the hopes and dreams, the competence and courage, the rightness and readiness of Barack Obama." Mr Obama's much-anticipated appearance will be the highlight of the party's carefully choreographed four-day event.
It is likely to have all the pomp and grandeur of a coronation, says the BBC's Matthew Price at the Denver Bronco's stadium.
Questions remain as to whether Mr Obama can cement his standing within his own party, and reach out to those parts of the electorate that are yet to be convinced by him, our correspondent notes.
He was resoundingly endorsed by ex-President Bill Clinton on Wednesday, which may help consolidate his standing.
Earlier that same day, in a moment of high drama, his defeated rival Hillary Clinton cut short a roll-call vote to endorse Mr Obama's candidacy by acclamation, in a powerful gesture of unity.
Mr Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden, accepted his own nomination for vice-president in a speech that was sharply critical of Mr McCain.
The presidential election on 4 November will pit Mr Obama against Mr McCain, who will be nominated next week at his party's convention in St Paul, Minnesota QC
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7586375.stm