Barack Obama Convention

"Bush & McCain & Pray for Rain"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert S. McElvaine

The weather turned out to be beautiful. We await a reaction from Dr. Dobson. God is neither a terrorist nor a political partisan.

Barack Obama's Speech: An Assessment

Billy Kimball | Posted 05.25.2011

Billy Kimball

It was surprising to see Obama make not one but a dozen or more missteps during what was, by media acclamation, the most important speech of his life

Obama tells huge Dem crowd he'll fix Washington

AP | DAVID ESPO and ROBERT FURLOW | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — Surrounded by an enormous, adoring crowd, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed po...

Obama Goes On the Offense

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Heilbrunn

His fluid, tough, and forcefully delivered speech indicates that he will be a formidable and potentially devastating opponent in the fall presidential debates. Anyone who can't see that just doesn't get it.

Obama Speech: More Than 84,000 Attend

AP | ARNIE STAPLETON | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — More than 84,000 people have jammed into Invesco Field at Mile High stadium to hear Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech, city off...

Barack Obama Democratic Convention Speech (VIDEO) (TEXT)

Posted 05.25.2011

Watch Obama's speech. Scroll down for report of convention and full text of speech. Scroll down for the text of Barack Obama's speech. From th...

Live From Invesco Field -- Obama: America, We Cannot Turn Back

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

Jack Hidary

"Eight is enough," says Obama of Republican rule. Eight years that have led the country in the wrong direction, according to the nominee. The crowd of 75,000 is in a trance in this stadium.

He Came, He Saw, He Conquered!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

Tonight, Barack Obama encapsulated, embodied, and articulated the mood of millions of Americans who clearly see that the last eight years have been a betrayal of America.

Obama's Stadium Acceptance At Convention Squeezes Networks

Politico | David Paul Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011

Major television networks are considering curtailing coverage of the Democratic National Convention after Monday's announcement that Barack Obama will...