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Barack Obama Nominated by Acclamation (video)
youtube.com - 8/28/2008
Barack Obama Nominated by Acclamation (video)
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Hillary Clinton led the motion to nominate Obama.

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The Reaction:  History!

Feministing:  Making history!

BlueOregon:  Convention Photos and Videos

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History!
The Reaction — By Creature "With eyes firmly fixed on the future, and in the spirit of unity with the goal of victory. With faith in our party and our country, let's declare together with one voice right here, right now that Barack Obama is our candidate and he will be our president." -- Senator Hillary Clinton puts Obama over the top. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)

Making history!
Feministing —

Convention Photos and Videos
BlueOregon — Today's batch of pictures is a bit smalll . Worse, Flickr's on the fritz and the slideshow application's not working.  Instead, click through to the Flickr page where you can see them all, including some text descriptions. I also wanted to link to the major speeches given thus far in the convention, in case you missed any of them: Joe Biden John Kerry Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton nominates Obama by acclamation Hillary Clinton Michelle Obama Ted Kennedy Since we're headed ...

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