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Liveblogging: Barack Obama Accepts the Nomination

By | 08.28.08 | 10:14 pm

DENVER — 8:12 pm (MST): Barack Obama’s on stage, and the ovation won’t end. This was to be expected, and not only because this guy is the first African American to be nominated for the presidency by a major party; not only because he represents a clean break from a More…

Obama’s Full Remarks

By | 08.28.08 | 9:27 pm

DENVER–At last, the speech. Perhaps it’s fitting that Sen. Barack Obama accept the nomination of the Democratic Party at Invesco Field, because his speech, his words have shared the build-up to a Super Bowl. At 7:11 pm Mountain Time, the Obama campaign finally released the full transcript of the candidate’s More…

Military Leaders Take Stage

By | 08.28.08 | 9:22 pm

DENVER — A phalanx of generals and admirals, Wesley Clark included, is on stage to endorse Sen. Barack Obama. Shades of 2004, the first time the Democrats did that to shore up their national security bona fides, except now there are tons of them. Message: the military trusts Obama. More…

Liveblogging: Gore at Invesco

By | 08.28.08 | 8:49 pm

DENVER — Here we go, Al Gore!

6:46pm: Gore comes out. Invesco is going nuts. He says if he was president we’d never have invaded Iraq.

6:48pm: Gore on McCain taking Bush’s 3rd term: “I believe in recycling but this is rediculous.”

6:49pm: Gore is fired up, looking thin, rested, More…

Welcome To Invesco Field

By | 08.28.08 | 5:50 pm

DENVER — Here it is, one of the most spectacular displays of political pageantry in American history: Invesco Field, home of the Broncos, for the climactic event of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In a few hours, Sen. Barack Obama will officially become the first African-American presidential nominee of a More…