On the final night of a party’s political convention, after delegates and superdelegates have cast their votes, the presumed nominee becomes the official nominee and delivers an acceptance speech. In the past, the speech has been given at the convention site and, since the mid-20th century, also broadcast nationwide on television.
Today presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s campaign said their candidate will do things a little differently. Instead of accepting his party’s nomination at Denver’s Pepsi Center, site of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), he will give an acceptance speech at the nearby Invesco Field, home to the Denver Broncos, the city’s American football team.
The Pepsi Center fits about 20,000; Invesco Field holds 75,000. “The Democratic Party is nominating a true change candidate this August, and it is only fitting that we make some big changes in how we put on the convention,” DNC chairman Howard Dean said in a statement. “By bringing the last night of the convention out to the people, we will be able to showcase Barack Obama’s positive, people-centered vision for our country in a big way.”
Free tickets will be made available to Colorado residents later this summer. Even though many citizens will be excited at this chance to see the nominee, others likely will be less thrilled, including the news media and security teams, both of whom have been planning their operations for nearly a year and now have to scramble to plan their coverage of Obama’s speech.
Comments (8)
mia
7 July 2008 at 23:19 EDT
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i hope obama will be the next president of the us
amy
9 July 2008 at 09:55 EDT
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It is clear that the next presedent will be obama. We knew that the way won MR Bush from algore,we hope not to happen that again.
thrimurthy
10 July 2008 at 02:49 EDT
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iam sure you will the next presedent.pls concentrate world food problems in poor countries
rr
12 July 2008 at 23:57 EDT
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good!
marsose
16 July 2008 at 07:14 EDT
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you good the next presedent irak n back to normal dinar pleace
izogie Akugbe
22 July 2008 at 06:02 EDT
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dear obama,
this is to let you know that we the nigerian are solidly behind you in winning the u.s 2008 presidential election. hope to here more from us.
Akugbe
Howard
28 August 2008 at 17:10 EDT
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CHARACTER COMPARISONS …
Lofty speeches are great … but actons
speak louder than words !!!
In addition to 20+ more years of service and
experience in the U.S. senate than the other
candidate …
One candidate, John McCain watched his fellow
prisoner’s backs, at great cost to himself. After
3 years as a tortured P.O.W. in Vietnam, he was
offered early release by the enemy. But, since it
would have been dishonorable to get released
before his fellow prisoners, he refused, which
resulted in 2 1/2 additional years of torture and
captivity.
The other candidate, Barack Obama threw his
self proclaimed friend, spiritual advisor, and mentor
of 20 years, under the bus for political expediency and gain.
To vote for Obama, after learning these differences …
will say as much about your character, as it does about
the character of the two candidates.
Howard
5 September 2008 at 15:54 EDT
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OBAMA’S ECONOMICS ARE DANGEROUS !!!
Unemployment at 6.1% simply reinforces McCain’s argument that if you raise taxes on businesses, they will have to cut back their work force in order to keep their doors open. In the short run, Obama’s desire to raise taxes on businesses, and give the money to struggling Americans sounds good … but, it panders to people’s desire for hand outs and immediate gratification … for, in the long run, this kind of bad judgement is like eating the goose that lays the golden eggs … or, like eating your seed crop, instead of using the seeds to grow more crops. Raising the taxes on businesses is the best way to dramatically increase unemployment in America.