"Beautiful Day"
Sometimes Barack Obama is pitch perfect. Tonight was one such moment.
Before a St. Paul audience reported at 20,000, he thanked his grandmother, an elderly white woman without whom, he said, none of this would have been possible.
He offered an extended and gracious tribute to rival Hillary Clinton, praising not just what she's done for America's daughters, but for her commitment to the values of her party and for raising the contest's dialogue.
He slammed the likely GOP nominee, John McCain, for embracing the policies of an unpopular Republican president -- despite the AZ senator's attempt this evening to distance himself from Bush.
And he promised a "better day" for America.
"America this is our moment, this is our time," said a visibly and uncharacteristically emotional Obama. "Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for this country that we love. The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility and knowledge of my own limitations."
Obama has, however, transcended those limitations -- personally and politically -- throughout his life. This evening, Obama plowed headlong into a general election campaign that will most certainly provide his greatest opportunity -- and challenge.
"Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another, a journey that will bring a new and better day to America," he said. "Because of you, tonight I can stand here and say,. I will be the Democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America."
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Obama clinched a stolen nomination with the MI delegates he hijacked. His endorsements from superdelegates have no integrity and are irresponsible.
No doubt Obama will be defeated in November when he will crash and burn and the Democratic Party will be a train wreck.
Hillary Clinton supporters should work for Obama's resounding defeat and vote for McCain. I will vote for McCain in a swing state. Obama, his supporters, and the DNC must be "punished" for not playing fair and square.
Superdelegates have failed in their responsibility to endorse Sen. Clinton as the best qualified and the strongest presidential candidate to win the general election in a landslide victory hands down.
crat3: That has to be one of the most disingenuous comments ever posted. I'm not going to even comment on the opinions you write regarding the nomination and rules. How absurd.
crat3: you are embarrassing and leave me positive you are not sure of the definition of irresponsible or integrity. if you did, surely you would recognize that the only one who didn't play by the rules was ms. clinton.
crat3: maybe you were also in that bomb shelter listening to hillary's parallel universe, a world devoid of any fairness, honesty, and most of all, the most humble sense of reality.
wake up. look at the facts. push aside your emotions and see that you have been hoodwinked.