Ladies And Gentleman, The Democratic Nominee
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, History
It’s official!
DENVER - Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Convention chose him as their standard-bearer Wednesday.The nomination process, a subject of debate and speculation right up until the voting began late in the afternoon, ended when Obama’s chief rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, asked her supporters to join in accepting Obama’s historic nomination by acclamation.
Illinois passed when its turn in the order came up so it could yield to New York. The hall erupted in cheers as Clinton approached the microphone.
And so it begins in earnest. No more game playing. No more sniping. Just Obama against McCain…hopefully. I guess that all depends if Bill Clinton goes to Obama’s speech on Thursday or not.
Stay tuned…
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August 27th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I liked Hillary, Its too bad. I dont think Obama can win, Too bad 4 more years of bush. You can see George Bushes DUI record, and I think McCane even has a DUI? Here is the link http://www.duihelpguide.com
August 27th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Cripes Justin. Even when your candidate is nominated, you are still obsessing about the Clinton’s. You may have the worst case of CDG I have yet seen. By all accounts - including Obama acolyte Keith Olbermann - Hillary hit a grand slam out of the park for Obama yesterday. Bill will do the same today. We’ll see tomorrow if Obama can do as much for himself as the Clinton’s have done for him this week.
The Presidency is Obama’s to lose. If he wins or if he loses, the Clinton’s have nothing to do with it. It’s on him.
August 27th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Why does whether or not Slick Willie shows up on Thursday — my guess is that he won’t — matter ?
August 28th, 2008 at 10:47 am
mw,
Bill Clinton did a FANTASTIC job last night, and I give credit where credit is due. But during the campaign, the Clintons (especially Bill) did their parties no favors by throwing the kitchen sink at Obama when they knew the contest was literally impossible to win.
You can call it CDS if you want, but the Clintons haven’t earned back my respect yet. But they could, and having Bill at that speech is another step in that direction.