Where It All Began For Obama - Looking Back At 2004 Convention Speech
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 8/22/08 @ 9:43 pm - Filed Under 2008 National Elections, Uncategorized
With next week’s Democratic national convention on the horizon I decided to go back and watch Obama’s 2004 keynote convention speech. I remember thinking at the time that this was a guy that sounded Presidential. It’s hard to put your finger on it but it’s there and you know it when you see it.
But before I post the videos here were a few thoughts from blogger Josh Marshall on the convention floor in the moments leading up to the speech:
I’m sitting here a few minutes after nine, waiting for the big event of the evening, Barack Obama’s keynote address. It’s hard to overestimate how much expectation looms around this guy. The Democratic party yearns for this man’s political future like Dick Cheney lusts after the oil and gas fields of the Caspian Sea.
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In any case, he’ll be the only black man in the Senate; and he’ll have a relatively safe seat, as senate seats go. He’ll be an instant star of his party. And all the folks who have antennae for political magic are all atwitter over him. I’ve been watching him give interviews and work the crowd and the tell-tale grace and poise isn’t hard to see.
With all the expectations and anticipation Barack Obama delivered an amazing speech that helped propell him to become the 2008 nominee for President of the United States. Quite an amazing 4 year journey for the man who was merely a state senator when he gave that speech.
The brilliance of the speech is in the build-up and the way he gradually brings the audience in to his vision of America and hope for the future. Great speeches can be appreciated by those of all political persuasions and I think this one is worth watching if nothing else for the nostalgia and the understanding that this moment is really what lead Obama to the events of next week. And to think the national networks didn’t even cover the event live…
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I agree Jeff. It was definitely this speech that propelled Kerry and the Democrats over the top….Oh wait.
Sometimes I read your comments and wonder if you even bothered to read my post first…
Jeff,
If you believed who I said Mr. Green Jeans is previously, you’d understand why *she* shoots from the hip.
Actually, in this case I did not. Just saw the headline and the video and was having a little fun with you. Come on lighten up, this isnt KSU v. Kansas or anything!
Hey they beat Kansas this year!
Although I suppose Kansas got the last laugh…