It's Official: Obama Will Give Convention Speech At Stadium

Obama will accept the Democratic nomination at Denver's Invesco field -- which can hold over 75,000.

"The Democratic Party is nominating a true change candidate this August, and it is only fitting that we make some big changes in how we put on the Convention," DNC Chairman Howard Dean says. "By bringing the last night of the Convention out to the people, we will be able to showcase Barack Obama's positive, people-centered vision for our country in a big way."

"Barack Obama's campaign for change has inspired millions of Americans and brought people into the political process who might never have been involved," said Convention Co-Chair Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. "This change in the Convention program will allow thousands of first-time participants a chance to take part. I can't think of a better Convention finale for our nominee who has made reaching out to voters a hallmark of his campaign."

"Senator Obama and the DNCC have truly brought the community into the Convention," said Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. "This decision will enable thousands of residents from Colorado, the Rocky Mountain West and across the nation to witness history first hand. What a way to fire up our grassroots activists as we head into the fall campaign."

Rumors of the switch surfaced on Thursday.

The move from the Pepsi Center convention hall means "accepting the party's designation, historic as it may be, will not be the central focus of his remarks," The Nation says. "Rather, Obama will be putting the convention -- and the Democratic party -- behind him as he launches . . . outreach to Americans who don't usually vote and Americans who don't usually vote Democratic."

Comments

[eXcommunicate]

This just in from the AP:

'John McCain to accept the Republican nomination in a Dunkin Donuts!'

[Thron]

This Country hasn't been motivated in that fashion for decades. Youth like me want this rather than the same McCain type of war dreams. The whole world is waiting after us to lead with Obama. Is that sooo negative to hope, believe that we can do it differently instead of selling to us the same kind of hate, division, doubt, and fake patriotism.

[Meggie]

he's the new hotness! that's for sure.

[NinerTener]

Hey, watch it there, young fella!
It's not just the young ones who are looking for change!

I'm 65 (and a white, blue collar worker) and have never missed voting in any election.
I think I've been waiting for change and Barrack Obama all my life!

Do you think we can all come together and finally pull this thing off?

God, I hope so!

[Mercurial]

Good for you. You comment is refreshing!

[luvobama]

I'm in my late forties and Obama is what I've been waiting for too. November is going to be grand for all of us. Mostly becuse of our young voters. They finally have a reason to engage.

[Liberoservative]

LOL!
Yes we can!
But I would have said...
Ya young whippersnapper! :D

[patmancando]

But he isn't qualified to lead this country. What good are dreams if you can't attain them?

[myklwain]

ATTN: FELLOW CITIZENS OF DENVER, and the world

Colorado Democratic Party [phone]

No tickets yet, but they are forming an email list for the event.

THEY WILL ASK FOR
email
zip code
#of tickets

GO OBAMA/GO BRONCOS

[BearsLeft]

My wife and I were Obama delegates all the way through to the State convention in Colorado Springs. It's not much of a string, but I'm gonna pull it until it breaks!

[myklwain]

keep up the GOOD work.

[ann1]

Stay in the fight all the way to the WH!

[patmancando]

And ask for contributions in proportion to the # of tickets...­.....they might even sell snake oil to make some campaign money.

[doctorwang]

can you extract oil from Cindy?

[myklwain]

Oh yes...sir. Ye Obama coffers $hall $well.

Obama 08

[Thron]

Could we sit down for a second, and realize which kind of vibes this guy did inject in the social and political life of sooo many. Is that sooo negative for thooose clowns to fart around the same toxic smells.

[rationalthought1]

This will be great! Its funny to see all the frightened Republican moles come out on these posts as of late. Obama will accept the nomination on the 45th anniversary (to the day) of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. I first got into politics with the election of JFK and this feels even bigger. There is a new wave sweeping the country and though they will try their best, the republicans won't be able to spin their way out of this one.

[foghornleghorny]

And in a related story, John McCain will accept his nomination at Oldman's Coffee Shop.

[Peteyman]

He will accept it at the corner coffee shop

[MaeScott]

Thenhe will disavow any knowledge of having accepted it.

[Thron]

JcTailor is a mole. He is paid to spit rumors and lies and what ever he can comes up with. He looks so far terrible in his own suit. But thanks to him, we are making a little stand as a principle.

[Sharetruth]

Hey JCTaylor..­the only messiah complex is the ONE you hold the senator up too. We supporters are well aware of who and why we support this candidate. It is amazing how he has not been vetted yet, yet because he is not a liFE long Washington insidered, he does not have experience and enought is not known about him. Well......­yea you have what there is to have..... SOMEONE ONE DOES NOT OWE THE WASHINGTON INSIDERS ANYTHING! Someone who has nothing to vet! Maybe he is the one person who is not beholding to the Washington insiders? Remember, he is not experienced, well the typeof experience we are use too.

[JCTaylor]

The messiah complex is that you folks think he has no failings, he has no flaws, he is the perfect chosen One. I will be the first to admit that Obama may well make a good President. However, I do have serious doubts based upon what I know about him. I know he attended a black nationalist church that even Oprah dumped years before because she knew what the correlation would mean. I know that he is quick to throw those under the bus who have helped him get where he is, namely confessed terroists and their sympathizers. (Weather Underground not arab terrorists) And finally, the marxist writings of his books. Yes that right, the marxist ideology he displays in hi very own writings. This things give me pause, and when the alleged media fail to give him passes on all these things I seem to smell a rat.

[Dreamers101]

JC stop your BS’sing around you wont ever never ever ~ ever vote for Obama and we know that so your comment “About Obama giving you pause” is exactly what you are trying to do is plant the seeds of doubt in his supporters minds.

But I have some very surprising news for you “IT AINT GOING TO WORK” why would anyone listen to a GOP tro// like you. Get real!!!!!!!!!!

[RatgurlSD]

All you're doing is repeating the rhetoric of the Republicans. Come up with something that hasn't already been shot down & maybe someone will take you seriously.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Who said he has no failings? He's a man and like all men has his flaws. I can respect that. Obviously you want to believe that people view him as a messiah. Nothing we can do to fix this.

[TN60]

And you sir, are an idiot !!!

You have not read his books or your brain is not working properly. There is nothing Marxist in his writings. And you are a liar. Go spout your ignorance to the rest of the ingrates.

Obama supporters do not think he is the Messiah. We know he is not perfect, but he is a hell of a sight better than the insane old coot who is BUSH 3 tied up with a big red bow.

Are you Republicans jealous that he can fill a 75,000 seat stadium, while your lod coot my get 100 at a town hall? That is what has your panties in a twist, isn't it ? There will be a lot more than 75,000 there. Parties are forming all over the country to go to Denver.

Just made my monthly donation to Obama.....­.care to join me ... :-)

[MaeScott]

You smell your candidate's party..it stinks to high heaven. If he's marxist, then you're bats*** crazy.

I should not denigrate the bats tho...

[Sharetruth]

Wow! comparing the senator to Hitler is amazing...­your lack of history and maturity is astounding!
Grow up, you do not have to vote for any candidate you do not believe in, this is America. But the childish disrespect is....chil­dish. Here is the long and short of it all.....yo­u have but one chance to get it right. On November the 4th you will enter a polling booth and pull a lever or push an eletronic thingy.
There are no do-overs. What you should be asking yourself, instead of the childish name calling is....DO I WANT THE AMERICA THAT I LOVE SO MUCH TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME DIRECTION, OR DO I WANT THE AMERICA I LOVE SO MUCH TO BE ON COURSE FOR A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.­... It is that simple....­SAME OR DIFFERENT. Same you don't have to do anything. Everything will be decided for you.....Di­fferent, you must get involved (yes, after November 4th) and stay involved. Remember, for the people, by the people?

[Thron]

Never the less all the Obama-hater wannabe pro McCain't do it better, would love John to have this kind of Crowd. I wonder how many people will come to his town all meeting???

[Egalitare]

75k is just the gameday seating capacity. How many are going to be on the field? Another 15k? More?

[thegreatgiginthesky]

That place is going to be sold out. It is going to look like the Queen concert at Wembley stadium.

[pleeezzze]

It's always sold out when the Broncos play .
And we all know how they've played the last few years .

[patmancando]

They can always book the "Dave Matthews" band as a warm-up...­........so­rta like they did during the campaign season. You know that 75,000 attendance at that Sunday summer afternoon event in Portland that the MSM raved about his drawing such a crowd.....­...the MSM didn't mention that was an annual event that usually draws 75,000 for a musical concert...­..........­..Obama just finagled his way into being able to speak at the event. Because of the MSM raved.....­.....'0' drew 75, 000 at a rally, they gave the impression that HIS rally drew 75,000. That report was as phony as much of his campaign was. He is a well marketed illusion, a product of the Lobbyist Axelrod and Chicago political machine.

[midknightryder13]

I am a man of color. Now, today, my mother (who lives in Denver) asked me WHEN the convention was. She didn't want "the last week in August:, she wanted the ACTUAL DATES. And she was very upset that she had assumed the incorrect ones.

Anyway, I am quite certain that the reason she wanted them was so she could try and get tickets to the acceptance speech. She and my father had campaigned for some candidates - but this year they went to the caucus, they have window signs for O, my father REGULARLY engages me in political discussions (so did my brother, now that I think about it). I have NEVER seen this type of enthusiasm from them before.

I am telling you this is a paradigm shift -- and I think we are ALL going to be surprised at its depth.

[DRaymond]

Allowed occupancy of any structure, including a stadium, is set by building officials based on exit capacity.

[lovethesinner]

CHANGE is gonna come. In a big way.

Obama-Webb '08

[RatgurlSD]

SOOO wish I could go too!

[thegreatgiginthesky]

What simple minded fools the neo-cons are. Equating rallies at Nuremberg with crowds that are showing up to hear what Obama has to say. Remember, those rallies at Nuremberg were all about thousands of people getting together at one time. Had nothing to do with the hate speech or the Nazi's. To call this line of thinking as simple is an insult to simple minded people everywhere.

[JCTaylor]

I just find it odd that there are some similarities. You may take offence, but thats your problem. Mr. Obama has yet to be fully vetted and tested. We shall see how he hold up once the messiah complex wears thin.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

So your idea of vetting is to call him a Nazi? How daft are you really? The only people who are claiming that he has a messiah complex are idiots like you. He takes no stance on being superior to anyone. Nor does he claim that he has all the answers. So exactly what is the basis of your messiah argument? Or is that just something you pull out of your nether regions and fling in a hope that it will stick? I'd like to know what vetting and testing you performed on Herr Shrub whose own grandfather was a nazi sympathizer and a war profiteer. You want to look for nazi's? Look inside your own damn party.

[Thron]

So you would love not only to carry the broom, but you would love to be the judge "I would have loved to told you saw". Pretension now? That's all you got discounted tailor-man. You are really good for the republicans. Hope they look good with your complexioned suit of defeated party. Hooo sorry! I shouldn't be angry, bitter, frustrate myself against what you have done to my Country for the last 8 years...

[mypov123]

Yeah, it IS odd that for the first time in a LONG time there are people out there who feel that a politician truly cares about their well-being and wants to bring people from various walks of life together, while the 'other' side plays continuously on the politics of fear and division. Yeah, you're right it IS odd, but refreshing and exciting at the same time ;)

[pupbayer]

I agree JC. It is also so reminiscent of 1933 in Germany. The similarities in the political, economic, and social scenes is striking. It's rather eerie and quite interesting.

[AdamND]

There is not that many similarities. Germany was in a deep deep depression with massive hyper inflation, their whole national feeling was depressed after the WW1 loss and massive pro-pure white/anti­-everythin­g else was in effect.

completely different situations.

[Independent007]

And they are, which is why MSM wants to try to follow the Repubs all the way to the dance by picking up on every word Obama says that can have double meaning, while letting McCan't get away with flop after flop after flop.

MSM really thinks we are stupid. And in particular I say that to Morning Joe staffers.
Enough with the one sided coverage of Obama's words already. Talk about McCain's flops and ask the Republicans about that for a change. U won't because all you care about is ratings.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Have you noticed how there seems to be a blackout on anything the McShrub campaign does?

[Thron]

Because they are pointless

[JCTaylor]

Sounds an awful lot like Nuremburg does it not? He has his own seal. Soon he will have his own flag.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

So how is it that people like you get all defensive when someone equates Shrub to Hitler?

[Thron]

Nuremburg!? Where do you come from people? Americans? Obama, Hitler, Nuremberg???? You sound an awful lot like a tailor in need of patching non matching pieces together, because that's all he got, at a time he is running out of substances.

[Thron]

You sound an awful lot like too intelligent for our own good.

[Thron]

And also you will have the broom to sweep the stadium. I bet you will be proud.

[morticia]

someone sounds jealous...