Obama's Convention Speech Moved To Stadium

Democrat Will Accept Nomination At Invesco Field, Which Can Hold Up To 76,000

(AP)  In a break with tradition, Barack Obama will accept the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High, a 76,000-seat stadium, rather than at the site of the party's national convention across town.

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean acknowledged the decision to move Obama's speech on the final night of the Aug. 24-28 convention to the giant open-air football field of the Denver Broncos would raise security challenges, but said he and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper had agreed such challenges won't deter the move.

Dean, in a conference call with reporters, also batted away questions about logistical challenges and added costs the change would produce, saying those things would be worked out in the coming weeks.

It won't be the first time a presidential candidate has accepted the nomination in a stadium. On July 15, 1960, John F. Kennedy gave his acceptance speech before tens of thousands at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Separately, one official confirmed that Obama's aides were attempting to arrange a speech at a second dramatic venue: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, part of Obama's July trip to Europe and the Middle East.

The Gate was the site of one of Ronald Reagan's most memorable speeches. On a trip in July 1987, Reagan stood before throngs of West Berliners and implored then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall dividing the city. The wall is no longer there.

Ron Perea, Secret Service special agent in charge in Denver, declined to discuss what security precautions the agency would take for the convention's open-air event, including any restrictions on airspace and traffic.

Most of the convention will take place at the 21,000-seat Pepsi Center. Construction for the convention was beginning there Monday amid concerns about lagging fundraising and cost overruns.

Last month, the convention's host committee reported it was nearly $12 million short of the $40.6 million it had pledged to raise for the effort. Host committee members spoke openly of needing the Obama campaign's help to close the gap.

Dean said the convention was operating on budget, and Obama senior adviser Anita Dunn said the campaign was on board to help.

"The fact that the nomination was not decided until the begining of June - clearly many donors would have hung back a little to see if the candidate of their choice was going to get the nomination," Dunn said.

With an influx of younger voters and Hispanics in recent years Colorado, once heavily Republican, is among a handful of states in the mountain West that have been trending Democratic. Both parties view it as a general-election swing state; Republican John McCain kicked off a five-day economy-focused campaign swing in Denver Monday.

Obama is known for drawing huge crowds to many of his speeches. In May, a record 75,000 jammed into a riverside park in Portland, Ore., to hear him speak shortly before that state's primary.

Obama is scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech on Thursday, Aug. 28, the fourth and final night of the convention. It coincides with the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

The Illinois senator is running to be the first black president.

[mcvet]

Great idea!!

[frootloop47]

This is truly a historical time in US History.

[neonink]

Is Obama quickly becoming The Who.

Just remember to avoid the stampede...

[frootloop47]

During the session of the 110th Concress, Obama has sponsored 66 bills. McShame 27.
ALL of Obama''s bills are for the betterment of ALL Americans. McShame 9 were strictly Pork.
ALL ob Obama''s bills have bi-particant support.

[wdrussell1]

neonink, I saw them in Pittsburgh the day before that happened.

[jack3213]

Obama is a man that cannot speak one on one with anyone- and prefers a larger crowd so to avoid any confrontations. He is all about "the show" and not about any "substance" and this is what people prefer. That is shameful, Americans. You are being scammed and enjoying it. What a bunch of nuts.

[rowdywicca]

lol, to accommodate his swelled head?

[frootloop47]

Some of Obama''s 110th Congress Bills:
S. 2519: Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2007
S. 2433: Global Poverty Act of 2007
S. 2330: Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act
S. 2227: Success in the Middle Act of 2007
S. 2147: Security Contractor Accountability Act of 2007
S. 1977: Nuclear Weapons Threat Reduction Act of 2007
S. 1885: Military Family Job Protection Act
S. 1271: Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight (HERO) Act
S. 713: Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007
S. 433: Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007
Obviously, don''t know how far these will go, but it shows you where his head is at. Also, there are tons of Educational bill not included:
Ref: govtrack.us

[frootloop47]

Obama is a man that cannot speak one on one with anyone- Posted by jack3213

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You are absolutely wrong. His success as an inter-city organizer; his co-sponsorship on bills, etc proves that.
I know you want to be right, but Obama IS going to win this election.

[frootloop47]

The people will unite to kick his black @ss back to the senate. Posted by johnmcsame
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You just showed true colors you biggoted, racist, ignorant piece of slime

[johnmcsame]

Obama is a naive, inexperienced one-term senator with an unremarkable record. He lack of understanding of the issues manifests itself in his flip-flops.

[johnmcsame]

Beween now and November, Hussein is going to make himself seem like a big fat fool that he is, that he will be disqualified from standing in the elections.

Hussein is a fraud.

[frootloop47]

People are starting to loose faith in him. Posted by johnmcsame
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Barack%u2019s Bounce
The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain.

Right! That''s why Barcak''s poll numbers are going UP and McShame''s are going DOWN.

Face it Biggot. Your next president is going to be part BLACK :-)

[frootloop47]

johnmcsame,
Take you''re biggot butt off this blog and quite polluting with your vile.

[johnmcsame]

Hussein, with his Arab Muslim heritage and strong advocacy of Black Liberation theology, is not the right person to be leader of this country.

%u201DBlack theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community %u2026 Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love.%u201D

Excerpt from Black Power and Black Theology by Dr. James Cone

[displeased]

That is shameful, Americans. You are being scammed and enjoying it. What a bunch of nuts.
Posted by jack3213

As if Americans weren''t scammed with Bush?

[krenz4]

funny, people are still blathering on about ''his muslim heritage" and ''rev wright'' and his swelled head and his lack of substance, and all the while, more and more people are sharing his vison above and beyond those visions offered by mccain. They say his numbers are dropping when more and more people are moving to his side everyday. These must be the same delusional people who still have Hillary signs on their lawns. SIGH!

[whitemale08]

Moving to arenas WOW!

That''s like Poison selling out Speedways instead of JayZ selling out convention centers.

This is huge folks!

Republicans have to feel so humble at this point. They can hold their rallies in a janitor''s closet and still have enough room for hecklers.

[frootloop47]

Excerpt from Black Power and Black Theology by Dr. James Cone Posted by johnmcsame at 11:22 AM : Jul 07, 2008
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You idiot. Dr. James Cone isn''t running for President.
Show me a JohnMcSame unedited quote that says Barack endorses this.
U R an IDIOT!!! A biggoted one at that :-)

[johnmcsame]

Obama is naive and inexperienced. He is not qualified to be President . End of story. No point putting a spin on it. Just as you would not allow a medical intern to perform surgery on you, I don''''t want a political novice to be President of this great nation.

[frootloop47]

whitemale08,
Your name says it all racist biggot.

[frootloop47]

Whitemale08,
That a good point...why doesn''t you just change your name to RacistBiggot08?

[johnmcsame]

As if Americans weren''''t scammed with Bush?

Posted by Displeased at 11:24 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Stop being an idiot. This election is between McCain and Hussein. It is about the future of this country. It has nothing to do with the past. If you liberal hippies stopped your weed smoking, maybe, just maybe, you will understand.

John McCain for a better FUTURE.

[jeffstersf]

johnmcsame not only drank the GOP Kool-ade, he overdosed and then some. Sure, yeah, right. Any one of you who start your blathering idiotic postings referring to Obama as "Hussein" have lost all credibility from the get-go. What''s McCain''s middle name, and why aren''t you using that?

[jeffstersf]

johnmcsame: Bush was supposedly experienced and manages to work his way to the top of the "worst president in history" with little effort. Seriously man, why dont you move to Russia where they are in the midst of a return to a dictatorship. Sounds like the perfect haven for your small mind.

[cbs4me3]

Figures; it is in keeping with the nature of his campaign. I would like to see John McCain choose a setting that is in keeping with the spirit and humility of our founding fathers. Americans are proud in reflecting on the simplicity and humility of that time. We don''t need a big media event that is pretentious and grandstanding. After all, there are serious issues facing this Nation and a stadium event will not solve any of those problems; indeed, a stadium event will aggravate the issues.

[johnmcsame]

As if Americans weren''''t scammed with Bush?

Posted by Displeased at 11:24 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Now wait juist a *** minute. Are you suggesting that it is OK to be scammed by Hussein because you believe you were scammed by Bush. Speak for yourself. I am not willing to be scammed by Hussein.

[frootloop47]

John McCain for a better FUTURE. posted by johnmcsame
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YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!
Why any American, including Republicans would want to vote in another term of George Bush''s failed policies has to be NUTS!!! And don''t say MCBUSH and SHRUB are different they are NOT! They are stupid, stubborn, cowboys. If Bush doesn''t have us in a war with IRAN before he leaves office, MC CAIN will within a year.

[glenda743]

WELL WOOPIEEEEEEE........CHANGE.........NEVER MIND TRADITION FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS....AS LONG AS HUSSEIN''S BIG-O BIG-O EGO HAS A PLACE THAT''S BIG ENOUGH...BOY THIS IDIOT IS SO FULL OF HIMSELF....WHAT A JOKE...MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE...WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT''S TOO LATE....

[mcvet]

Stop being an idiot. This election is between McCain and Hussein. It is about the future of this country. It has nothing to do with the past. If you liberal hippies stopped your weed smoking, maybe, just maybe, you will understand.

John McCain for a better FUTURE.

Posted by johnmcsame at 11:32 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Hey Bootlicker!! HAVE YOU looked at the RECORD of the REPUBLICAN CONGRESS?? I''d suppose the NEXT thing you''ll be telling us is??? COME ON everyone you know the Republican Election line don''t you? I mean this make what the 20 or so time we''ve heard it. They trot it out EVERY ELECTION! "We will CUT the Taxes of the Rich that will trickle down to YOU, We''ll pay for it by cutting spending and that will Balance the Budget"!! Now folks OUT of the 20 plus times that LIE has been trotted out how many times have the ACTUALLY did MORE than Cut Taxes to the Rich?? Hummm??? SIEG HEIL BUSH

[johnmcsame]

...why dont you move to Russia where they are in the midst of a return to a dictatorship. Sounds like the perfect haven for your small mind.

Posted by middlecrank at 11:34 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Sounds like a good idea. Sure beats living under muslim sharia law if Hussein is elected.

[frootloop47]

Barack%u2019s Bounce
The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain.

Barack''''s poll numbers are going UP and McShame''''s are going DOWN.

There''s your double digits FENNER

[mcvet]

Figures; it is in keeping with the nature of his campaign. I would like to see John McCain choose a setting that is in keeping with the spirit and humility of our founding fathers. Americans are proud in reflecting on the simplicity and humility of that time. We don''''t need a big media event that is pretentious and grandstanding. After all, there are serious issues facing this Nation and a stadium event will not solve any of those problems; indeed, a stadium event will aggravate the issues.

Posted by cbs4me3 at 11:36 AM : Jul 07, 2008
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Well you fascist have always liked electing a KING! You know someone MADE for TV... NO regular American''s admitted at the crowning! Wouldn''t want to allow ACTUAL AMERICAN''s to hear and see the Man who wants to lead them huh?? You know for some reason I think Jefferson would LOVE Obama!! Bush can''t do that and neither can McSame. THAT is your problem. GO! OBAMA 08!!

[displeased]

Stop being an idiot. This election is between McCain and Hussein. It is about the future of this country. It has nothing to do with the past. If you liberal hippies stopped your weed smoking, maybe, just maybe, you will understand.
John McCain for a better FUTURE.
Posted by johnmcsame

Typical neocon response. That''s about the limited mentality a normal person could expect from you. Where our country is right now is not the future I want. You''re only pisssed because Obama''s going to win and remove this war mongering oil driven spiral.

[frootloop47]

THE PEOPLE''''S CHOICE. Thank God this day for that. Posted by FENNER
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Yeah, Barack OBAMA!!!!

[mcvet]

Now wait juist a *** minute. Are you suggesting that it is OK to be scammed by Hussein because you believe you were scammed by Bush. Speak for yourself. I am not willing to be scammed by Hussein.

Posted by johnmcsame at 11:37 AM : Jul 07, 2008

YOU think there''s another HUMAN on earth that could get the American People to buy another George W. Bush?? YOU have a very low opinion of your neighbors there Sparky!! RELAX! This is HISTORY, enjoy it!! SIEG HEIL BUSH

[displeased]

Now wait juist a *** minute. Are you suggesting that it is OK to be scammed by Hussein because you believe you were scammed by Bush.
Posted by johnmcsame

I was never scammed by Bush. I never voted for him and I never supported his policies. Only you neocons can brag about that.

[mcvet]

Sounds like a good idea. Sure beats living under muslim sharia law if Hussein is elected.

Posted by johnmcsame at 11:40 AM : Jul 07, 2008

The MEANING of that post just went right over your head didn''t it!! ROFLMAO IF we had listened to people like you in our history they''d still be lynching citizens like Obama in Mississippi! This NATION has progressed THAT far... so far we DO NOT hold against someone a Name THEY had NO control over... Well unless one of you Nazi''s has some crazy idea of how that is POSSIBLE! Like I said RELAX. It''s HISTORY, enjoy it!! GO Obama 08

[jack3213]

Hey "Frootloop" you said : "You are absolutely wrong. His success as an inter-city organizer; his co-sponsorship on bills, etc proves that.
I know you want to be right, but Obama IS going to win this election."

1) So what that he did that..that doesn''t make him QUALIFIED or EXPERIANCED to lead a country!! ( I led marches and have had more experiance being a CEO of a company than Obama, should I run for President?!)
2) NO, MCCAIN will win, hands down. Just wait & watch.

[mcvet]

simply allow yourself a moment of honesty. NOW TELL ME THIS, was it fair for you to accuse someone of being racist because the person chose a name with their race (as far as we can guess) as part of their identification?

when you talk racism, you are racist by overdoing the same thing you are accusing another of, IMO.

------ FAIR OBSERVATION, PLS TAKE IT IN THAT LIGHT ------

Posted by fenner at 11:43 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Well tell me HOW do you get SO mean spirited... when does putting your "PARTY" back in power become SO important that you use a PERSON''s MIDDLE name as you freaks do? That person had NO control, what so ever, over that name but you losers USE it constantly and for NO other reason that REMIND people of what? Of the RELIGION of his FATHER... Now EXACTLY what part of BIGOTRY does NOT apply here?? I just do NOT know how people get MORE bigoted than holding against a canidate for the highest office in the land a NAME he could not control. Care to EXPLAIN that Swastika Hugger?? SIEG HEIL McSame!

[frootloop47]

Fenner,
The comments made to Whitemale were is respect to the combination of his Bloging PLUS his name. His bloging is racist and biggoted...much like yours.

Now, is a blogger with the handle BLACKMALE ''08 would comment something like: "yeah, when my BLACK BOY Obama get elected we''re going to put all you Christian Whites in chains for 200 hundreds and let you knows how it feels" I''d be jumping on his butt too.

So, YOU (and whitemale) got it now?

[johnmcsame]

What I say is not going to do much. Like I said, I will leave it to Hussein to make a bigger fool of himself than he already is. There is a long way to go from now until November. I am sure his supporters would like his handlers to lock Obama away in a closet until the election.

[nanc12]

FAIR OBSERVATION, PLS TAKE IT IN THAT LIGHT ------
Posted by fenner

fenner, you''re right somewhat. However, the people posting under names like BlackShaft, or ANegroeMan, etc. are not black. They''re white, and they''re trying to make white posters believe they''re speaking for blacks. They''re pretty pathetic, really, and definitely racist.

[frootloop47]

This NATION has progressed ... posted by McVet
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Agree, it''s progress EVEN with having idiot facists like fenner, whitemale and jack as "citizens" :-)

[displeased]

So, YOU (and whitemale) got it now?
Posted by frootloop47

You need to put that bible down. Your delusion is out of control.

[mcvet]

Hey "Frootloop" you said : "You are absolutely wrong. His success as an inter-city organizer; his co-sponsorship on bills, etc proves that.
I know you want to be right, but Obama IS going to win this election."

1) So what that he did that..that doesn''''t make him QUALIFIED or EXPERIANCED to lead a country!! ( I led marches and have had more experiance being a CEO of a company than Obama, should I run for President?!)
2) NO, MCCAIN will win, hands down. Just wait & watch.


Posted by jack3213 at 11:47 AM : Jul 07, 2008

So let me see if I understand you nazi''s here. BECAUSE we wish to elect a President that has NOT been tied up in Washington... all those lobbiest, we should be able too? Look I just do not see why WE the PEOPLE can''t elect ONE of us, a guy who lives in a NORMAL House in a NORMAL Neighborhood. A guy who''s actually had his Elbows on a Kitchen Table and helped a Working Family try to figure out how to survive! Can ANYONE tell me a BETTER man for the job right now?? We, the Working people of this nation have been IGNORED for far to long. I KNOW, first hand, this man DOES care about real PEOPLE because I''ve SEEN him do it!! TIME FOR A CHANGE!! Obama 08

[nanc12]

Why, indeed, does not Obama make this issue go away? Posted by fenner

Because it''s not an issue. It is the real document. The FEC requires documentation before someone can enter a presidential primary as a candidate. Do you honestly think they wouldn''t know a fake birth certificate?

The Hawaii Department of Health receives about a dozen e-mail inquiries a day about Obama''s birth certificate, spokesman Janice Okubo said. ''I guess the big issue that''s being raised is the lack of an embossed seal and a signature,'' Okubo said, pointing out that in Hawaii, both those things are on the back of the document. ''Because they scanned the front %u2026 you wouldn%u2019t see those things.'' Okubo says she got a copy of her own birth certificate last year and it is identical to the Obama one we received.

So drop it, already!!

[mcvet]

""Why, indeed, does not Obama make this issue go away? At this point, there''''s no good reason -- unless he doesn''''t have a birth certificate, or has one he feels compelled to hide. But now, after more than three weeks, with the affirmations of his campaign spokesman that the Fight the Smears birth certificate image is "real", he is in an even tighter corner: the real paper birth certificate of the candidate for President had better look a lot like the one on the web site, or he''''ll have a lot of explaining to do.""

Posted by fenner at 11:50 AM : Jul 07, 2008
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Why would he? YOU freaks are so happy to have something, anything, to talk about! YOU can''t talk about the economy! You can''t talk about Social Security! You can''t talk about the Debt! You can''t talk about the mess in the Middle East... so it give''s you something to satisfy your desire to keep the "Party" in power and allows the good guys to spread the dream Obama has. Sieg Heil

[frootloop47]

Post by McVet....Nicely said

OBAMA ''08!!

[johnmcsame]

...Can ANYONE tell me a BETTER man for the job right now??

Posted by MCVet at 11:53 AM : Jul 07, 2008

Well I can. His name is John McCain. Remember that name when you vote. That is if they will let you out of the psychiatric hospital.