More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear “Barack Obama Democratic Convention Speech 2008“, city officials say.
“This moment — this election — is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive,” Obama told more than 75,000 supporters at Denver’s Invesco Field as he accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination. “We are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look just like the last eight.” said Obama at Barack Obama Democratic Convention Speech 2008
The Republicans weren’t just sitting back to watch on TV. GOP rival John McCain stayed mum about his running mate deliberations, but one top prospect — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty — abruptly canceled numerous public appearances, as speculation increased in intensity.
Nancy Kuhn of Denver’s public works department says the figure is based on the number of credentials that were scanned as delegates, individuals and news media entered the football stadium where Obama was accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night.
McCain was expected to announce his decision by week’s end, possibly Friday, hoping to take the edge off Obama’s big convention finale.
Obama put finishing touches on his speech this morning, but also found time to shoot some hoops on a basketball court at the Denver Athletic Club.
Barack Obama in his DNC 2008 speech spoke 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, and he drew on that historic legacy. His parents, a Kenyan and a white woman from Kansas, “shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to,” Obama said.
Democrats had high expectations for tonight’s 2008 convention speech from Obama; it was Obama’s keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in 2004 that propelled him to national prominence. He used the acceptance speech to tell Americans more about himself, while arguing that he is a better candidate to lead the country than presumed Republican nominee John McCain…
…He directly criticized McCain, tying him to the “failed policies” of President George W. Bush that he said were responsible for the declining fortunes of American workers.
“John McCain doesn’t get it,” Obama said. The Arizona senator subscribes to an “old discredited Republican philosophy” that rewards the rich and leaves others worse off, he said. “It’s time for them to own their failure,” Obama said. “It’s time for us to change America.” at “Barack Obama Democratic Convention Speech 2008″
Obama said McCain voted for the president’s positions 90 percent of the time.
“What does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush was right more than 90 percent of the time?” Obama asked. “I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to take a 10 percent chance on change.”
