First thoughts: Obama's biggest speech

DENVER -- In a presidential contest filled with unpredictability, there has been this one constant: When the time calls for it, Barack Obama can deliver a speech. He did it when he announced his presidential bid in Springfield, IL back in February 2007. He did it again with his speech on race after the Jeremiah Wright controversy, as well as in Germany, where he addressed a crowd of 200,000. And then there was that little keynote speech Obama gave at the previous Democratic convention, which launched...( read more ) (link)