Obama's Convention Speech Moved To Stadium
Democrat Will Accept Nomination At Invesco Field, Which Can Hold Up To 76,000
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, speaks at the 48th Quadrennial Session of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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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.
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See all 127 CommentsJust remember to avoid the stampede...
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.
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
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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.
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You just showed true colors you biggoted, racist, ignorant piece of slime
Hussein is a fraud.
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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 :-)
Take you''re biggot butt off this blog and quite polluting with your vile.
%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
Posted by jack3213
As if Americans weren''t scammed with Bush?
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.
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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 :-)
Your name says it all racist biggot.
That a good point...why doesn''t you just change your name to RacistBiggot08?
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.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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
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!!
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.
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Yeah, Barack OBAMA!!!!
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
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.
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
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.
when you talk racism, you are racist by overdoing the same thing you are accusing another of, IMO.
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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!
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?
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.
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Agree, it''s progress EVEN with having idiot facists like fenner, whitemale and jack as "citizens" :-)
Posted by frootloop47
You need to put that bible down. Your delusion is out of control.
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
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!!
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
OBAMA ''08!!
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.
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