Fresh off the Press- Nov. 5th 2008 Barack Obama has jump over every obstacle and has grasped the hope of a Nation to become the First African American President of the United States of America. !!
Is this what will happen two months from now? We shall all wait and see. Barack Obama was the architect of a excellent speech on the last day of the Democratic National Convention. If you did not have the opportunity to view it you can do so below. Barack Obama is the product of a great nation. A man that will not settle for mediocrity for himself, his family or his nation. The People of United States of America should be very proud of this country. This Country has endured every hardship that anyone or anything wants to throw at us and we continue to persevere and move forward no matter the outcome.
Speech Part I - IV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUjswd6TsI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Got0TPav9Iw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsuPTwYJPAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX0bqxOIl4M
Facts from Wikipedia
Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. is the nominee of the Democratic Party for the office of President of the United States in the 2008 general election. He is the first African American to be a major political party's nominee for this office. Obama is currently the junior United States Senator from Illinois.
A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70% of the vote.
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel. After announcing his presidential campaign in February 2007, Obama emphasized withdrawing American troops from Iraq, energy independence, decreasing the influence of lobbyists, and promoting universal health care as top national priorities.
