Obama’s Grand Acceptance Recalls Past, Looks to Future
- By Erin P. Billings and Tory Newmyer
- Roll Call Staff
- Aug. 28, 2008, 11:40 p.m.
Before a roaring crowd of 84,000 convention-goers at Invesco Field at Mile High Thursday night, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, delivering a speech that did little to diminish his star power, but sought to paint his candidacy as both a serious endeavor and a solid break from the last eight years of GOP dominance in the White House.
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