Thread: Dems choose Obama in thunderous acclamation

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 13 minutes ago

DENVER - Barack Obama, claiming a prize never held by a black American, swept to the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday as thousands of national convention delegates stood and cheered his improbable triumph.

Former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the convention delegates to make it unanimous "in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory." And they did, with a roar.

Competing chants of "Obama" and "Yes we can" floated up from the convention floor as Obama's victory was sealed.

Obama was across town as the delegates he won in the primaries of winter and spring cast their votes. Aides left open the possibility that he would briefly visit the Pepsi Center to thank his supporters, a routine event at recent national conventions. His formal acceptance speech Thursday night was expected to draw a crowd of 75,000 at a nearby football stadium where an elaborate backdrop was under construction.

Clinton's call for Obama to be approved by acclamation — midway through the traditional roll call of the states — was the culmination of a painstaking agreement worked out between the two camps to present a unified front.

Obama, 47 and in his first Senate term, carries the Democrats' hopes of recapturing the White House into the fall campaign against Sen. John McCain and the Republicans.

Inside the convention hall, the outcome of the traditional roll call of the states was never in doubt, only its mechanics.

"No matter where we stood at the beginning of this campaign, Democrats stand together today," declared Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, a former Clinton supporter who delivered a nominating speech for Obama.

"We believe passionately in Barack Obama's message of changing the direction of our country," she said.

Earlier in the day, Clinton formally released her delegates amid shouts of "no," by disappointed supporters. "She doesn't have the right to release us," said Massachusetts delegate Nancy Saboori. "We're not little kids to be told what to do in a half-hour."

Polls showed the campaign was a close one between Obama and McCain.

The same surveys showed a strong desire for change after eight years of the Bush administration, and Obama pledged an end to the war in Iraq and a fresh economic policy.

But even as he awaited his nomination, there was open talk in the convention city that his race remained a stumbling block to winning the White House.

The convention program also included the delegates' acceptance of Obama's choice of Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden as vice presidential running mate. Biden had the marquee time spot for his acceptance speech late Wednesday.

Former President Clinton also had a turn at the podium, this time in a supporting role for the man who defeated his wife in a bruising battle for the nomination.

Obama's nomination sealed a political ascent as astonishing as any other in recent memory — made all the more so by his race, in a nation founded by slave owners.

The son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya whom he barely knew, he attended college and Harvard Law School. In between was a turn as a $12,000-a-year community worker on the streets of Chicago.

He won his seat in the Illinois Legislature in 1996. But his first bid for higher office, a brash challenge to Rep. Bobby Rush in an inner-city Chicago congressional district, ended in failure in 2000.

Four years later, as a candidate for the Senate, he dazzled with a keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, then won his election. He announced his presidential candidacy a scant two years after arriving in Washington.

With his gifts as a speaker, his astounding ability to raise funds on the Internet and an unmatched ground operation pieced together by political veterans, he won the first test, the Iowa caucuses, on Jan. 3

Clinton rebounded to win the New Hampshire primary five days later, and the two were soon matched in a grueling battle for the nomination that was not settled until the primaries ended in June.

"The journey will be difficult. The road will be long," he said then as he pivoted to confront McCain.

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I feel the need to vomit. Where is the vomit smiley?

Originally Posted by Disillusioned

I feel the need to vomit. Where is the vomit smiley?

I agree I feel sick!

I was watching this BS show the DemoRATS call a convention.
Some of the things I noticed are;

1) How can we trust Obama to stand up and protect us from the bad guys in this world, when he and his wife do not have the balls to stand up to the Clintons? Hillary and her monstrous ego just pushed and walked all over the “Obama Showâ€

Originally Posted by MadInChicago

Originally Posted by Disillusioned

I feel the need to vomit. Where is the vomit smiley?

3) No mater what the Clintons say, or what anyone thinks, “The Clintons are not doneâ€

Obama has to lose in order for her to run in '12 because Obama would be given the nod to run as a sitting president. She had to say what she did, but something will happen to assure his defeat. He can't win anyway. THe polls show him dropping as the convention goes on and Biden didn't give him a bump. THose two things always give bumps to candidates, albeit temporary. In the last few weeks he has lost a 6 point lead and Gallup had McCain up by as much as 5 last week.

People are starting to pay attention and that's why Obama is dropping. He is about to make another fatal mistake by giving his speech against an elaborate Greek backdrop in a stadium instead of the arena. Some have opined they are now comparing him to a Greek god. This will only heighten his elitism and arrogance, the same way his "world tour" did and was a negative for him.

They are trying to elect a person, not a message and that isn't going to work. His support among democrats has dropped from 77% to 66%. The Obama glory has faded.

Originally Posted by forthesakeoflegality

Originally Posted by MadInChicago

Originally Posted by Disillusioned

I feel the need to vomit. Where is the vomit smiley?

3) No mater what the Clintons say, or what anyone thinks, “The Clintons are not doneâ€

Originally Posted by forthesakeoflegality

I doubt it. I think that she knows that if Obama loses she'll be the scapegoat of the Democratic party so if she hopes to have any chance of ever being the nominee she has to make sure that Obama gets elected. With that said, I bet that she really really hates Obama and the democrats right about now.

Actually, I think if/when Obama loses the Dems will say to themselves "If only we had nominated Hillary we would have won." And I believe they would have....McCain will make a horrible president, and at his age in 2012, nobody will want him any more. Hillary will become president in 2012, and she will bring another 4 horrible years to this nation.

THEN I hope the time is ripe for us. By that time the nation may have learned their lesson. Dems, Reps, Indys, ALL of us.

Mamma bear Clinton looked a little incensed when Obama officially received the nomination! Her fake smile could be spotted a mile away.

Originally Posted by gofer

People are starting to pay attention and that's why Obama is dropping. He is about to make another fatal mistake by giving his speech against an elaborate Greek backdrop in a stadium instead of the arena. Some have opined they are now comparing him to a Greek god. This will only heighten his elitism and arrogance, the same way his "world tour" did and was a negative for him.

I think that he knows that McCain can't paint him as an elitist anymore after his 7 houses gaffe so he's decided to openly flaunt his "grandeur". I just think it's sad that both of them are so out of touch with the American people.

[quote="MadInChicago"]
I would agree with you, only "She doesn’t give two cents what anyone thinks of her. (Including the DNC). The Clintons are bullies and will do anything to get what they want. (They just temporally lost this one!) Have you even seen the article called “The Clinton’s body trailâ€