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August 31, 2008:
Day for history books as Obama first African-American to run for US presidency

In a day for the history books, Barack Obama became the first African-American to be nominated for the presidency of the United States by a major political party.

At an incredibly moving Democratic Party convention Senator Hillary Clinton called on her party to nominate Obama by acclamation - which they enthusiastically did.

Delegates, some of them weeping with emotion of the occasion, described it as a milestone and one of the most significant events American history.

But not that history has been made and Obama has convinced his own party, the Senator from Illinois has to go out there and convince the country.

Certainly Obama's acceptance speech at the Denver convention, on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech, wooed the 75,000 cheering supporters there.
In what was regarded as a very powerful speedh, he savaged John McCain and "broken" Republican politics.

He accused his Republican rival for the most powerful job in the world of failing to understand the struggles of working Americans, as they saw their jobs disappear abroad, living expenses rise, and prospects dim.

"It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it," he said.

He also said that as commander-in-chief he would not hesitate to defend America, reminding delegates that the Democrats were the party of Roosevelt and the party of Kennedy.

He committed to end the war in Iraq, to finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban and to undertake direct diplomacy with Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.

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