Obama Prepares to Formally Accept Democratic Party Presidential Nomination
Barack ObamaDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will formally accept his party's nomination Thursday in a much-anticipated speech wrapping up his party's national convention.
By VOA News
28 August 2008
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Barack ObamaDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will formally accept his party's nomination Thursday in a much-anticipated speech wrapping up his party's national convention.Obama will become the first African American to accept a major party's nomination for president and it comes on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's "I Have a Dream" speech on racial equality. A photographer sets up next to the stage at Invesco Field in preparation for final day of Democratic National Convention in Denver, 28 Aug. 2008Obama will address a crowd of nearly 80,000 in an open-air football stadium, known as Mile High Stadium, in Denver, Colorado. Before the acceptance speech, delegates will watch a video tribute to Martin Luther King Junior and listen to speeches from the slain civil rights hero's son and daughter. Party notables including former vice president Al Gore and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson are also slated to speak to the crowd. Obama and his running mate, Joseph Biden, were formally nominated on WednesdayFormer president Bill Clinton spoke later, calling Obama the "right man" for the job of president. Mr. Clinton said Obama's task as president would be to restore the "American dream" of opportunity for all, while rebuilding America's standing in the world.Bill Clinton's wife, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, called for Obama's nomination by acclamation during the roll call vote of the states Wednesday. Delegates in the convention hall in Denver cheered, clapped and chanted the Obama campaign slogan "Yes We Can."Republicans hold their national convention next week in the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, where Senator John McCain will become that party's presidential nominee.Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
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