Democratic delegates dance as Stevie Wonder performs at Invesco Field in Denver. The enthusiastic crowd of 80,000 was also entertained by Sheryl Crow, will.i.am, John Legend and scoreboard guessing games.
Crowd of 84,000 Hears Policy Specifics and Criticism of GOP
By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray, Page A01
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Barack Obama, the first African American to lead a major-party ticket, accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, sharply criticizing Republican John McCain and casting the election as "our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise ali...
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him...
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- They sat in the top rows of Invesco Field at Mile High, so far from the stage they could barely see a thin outline of Barack Obama walking toward the lectern. But up here, they could feel it.
DENVER, Aug. 28 -- No one said this exactly, but imagination was the quiet star of this day, that thing that leaps over walls and moves the fences of our limitations.