Obama Acceptance Speech

Jesse Jackson Explains His Tears For Obama

Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago


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 12.06.2008 | Media


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

Rob Kall | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


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.

The Next First Family Of The United States

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


"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 12.05.2008 | Politics


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 10.02.2008 | Politics


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...

Obama's Nomination Speech In Denver and Dayton

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home


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.

Wesley Clark Spotted At Obama Acceptance Speech

Washington Independent | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics


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...

Realizing A Dream

Rob Harper | Posted 09.28.2008 | Home


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 09.27.2008 | Politics


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...