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Barack Obama accepts presidential nomination of Democratic party

[q url="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ledeall29-2008aug29,0,1667196.story"] DENVER -- Voters must choose between continuing Republican failures or a future that restores hope in the success of the American dream, Barack Obama argued tonight as he accepted the Democra...

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The News...w Public — 4 hours ago

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Obama Speech: More Than 84,000 Attend

DENVER — More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city officials say. Nancy Kuhn of Denver's public works department says the figure is based on the number of credentials that were scanned as delegates, i...

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HuffingtonPost.com — 2 hours ago

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Obama’s Speech

Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination was . . . long. Too long. The last fifteen or twenty minutes of it, when he went into preacher mode and talked of unity and reconciliation and change and such, were uplifting and solid political theater. Whether it&...

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Outside ...ay | OTB — 4 hours ago

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John Legend, will.i.am "Yes We Can" Performance At Democratic Convention (VIDEO)

Will.i.am and John Legend performed "Yes We Can," the viral video created by will.i.am that was a smash hit online. Watch the performance below. More on Democratic Convention ...

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HuffingtonPost.com — 6 hours ago

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"I Just Wish That Daddy Knew What Was Happening"

When Barack Obama received the Democratic presidential nomination by acclamation, emotions were running high throughout the convention. But one delegate's statement overwhelmed me. Sondra Hollinger-Samuels' father has Alzheimer's disease. As a... ...

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About Al... Disease — 8 hours ago

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David Sirota: Obama Speech: Convention Address Makes Economic Populism Central Thrust of Election 2008

If his convention speech tonight is any indication, Barack Obama has (finally) signaled that progressive economic populism is going to be the central thrust of Democrats campaign in the stretch run of the 2008 election. The speech is probably the most populist national speech Obama has given. Her ...

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HuffingtonPost.com — 3 hours ago