Obama Acceptance Speech

Officials Make Curious Choice For Obama Speech

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.18.2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- President Barack Obama plans to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in the open air of Bank of America Stadium on the fin...

The World Breaths a Sigh of Relief as America's Light Goes Back On

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Rob Kall

Looking at the faces of the people in the crowd, as Obama gives his first speech as president-elect, I see a hope that beams bright, a hope that does not stop at red or blue state borders.

Jesse Jackson Explains His Tears For Obama

Posted 05.25.2011

Standing with more than 200,000 Obama supporters in Grant Park Tuesday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson cried as learned that Barack Obama would become America...

Connecting Some Dots

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

I can't help but see a sutble connection between this: "To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear...

The Next First Family Of The United States

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to ...

Obama Victory Speech - VIDEO, TEXT

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATES: Barack Obama Big News Page ***SCROLL FOR VIDEO, FULL TEXT*** The election is over. Tonight President-Elect Obama celebrated in Gran...

Howard Wolfson: Obama Has Won Me Over

The Huffington Post via GothamAcme | Posted 05.25.2011

The stalwart Clintonite says he saw something in Barack Obama's Denver speech: No one in recent history had attempted this kind of a political conve...

Wesley Clark Spotted At Obama Acceptance Speech

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

General Wesley Clark, whom the left feared was dissed by Barack Obama into not attending the convention, is right here, underneath the stage, in a cri...

Obama's Nomination Speech In Denver and Dayton

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Mayhill Fowler

Suddenly my companion is sobbing, "I'm three generations from slavery," she says. I'm holding her. "I didn't know it would affect me this way," she says, and I'm thinking that all of my maternal American ancestors owned slaves.

Realizing A Dream

Rob Harper | Posted 05.25.2011

Rob Harper

Many African Americans in the stadium openly wept as Barack accepted what many thought they would never see in there lifetime. "I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office," he said. "I don't fit the typical pedigree."

Kerry Gives Obama Acceptance Speech Advice

PolitickerMA | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the last Democrat to accept a presidential nomination, and his wife, Teresa Heinz, sat down with PolitickerMA.com Monday to refl...