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'It's Huge. . . . Everybody Who Is Here Will Remember This for the Rest of Their Life.'

 

Published 8/29/2008 by Eli Saslow at Wash Post Elections

DENVER, Aug. 28 -- He has drawn record crowds to the streets of Berlin and the parks of Oregon, but Thursday's finale of the Democratic National Convention proved the greatest testament yet to the intensity of Barack Obama's support and the enthusiasm for his candidacy that his party hopes will c... (link)

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