Sen. Barack Obama will give his acceptance speech tonight at Invesco Field -- previously known as Mile High Stadium -- on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech."
Aboard a campaign plane to Denver yesterday, Obama's chief strategist told Politico that Obama "is drawing inspiration for his acceptance speech Thursday night from three past convention speeches: those of Bill Clinton in 1992, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and John F. Kennedy in 1960."
Said David Axelrod: "The speech is substantially written, but as with all Obama speeches he will be refining it and buffing it up right to the end."
"Obama began thinking about the speech before he left for vacation in Hawaii and has been working it intermittently ever since, Axelrod said, sometimes with speechwriters, other times alone in a Chicago hotel room. He writes longhand on a legal pad, types his notes into a computer and circulates drafts among his staff."
The Washington Post sets expectations:
"Succeed here... and Obama's speech will be remembered as one of the
most powerful moments in modern politics, a perfect launch into the
final stage of the general election. Fail, and Obama risks fueling
Republicans' criticism that he is an aloof celebrity, fond of speaking
to big crowds but incapable of forming genuine connections."
August 28, 2008
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