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Supporters cheering as Obama delivers his speech in Grant Park. In his speech, Obama reflected on the hard times of the campaign and the "challenges that America would face ahead." TV coverage of the speech showed Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey weeping in the crowd. [13] [14] Obama's speech also marked the first time a President-elect referred ...
[27] [28] In accepting Obama's offer, Biden ruled out running for president again in 2016, [21] but his comments in later years seemed to back off that stance, as he did not want to diminish his political power by appearing uninterested in advancement.
His age in particular was considered a liability against the youthful Senator Obama, who was the first Generation Xer to run for president on a major party ticket. [84] McCain for comparison was born before World War II and belonged to the Silent Generation . [ 85 ]
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
On August 27, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party formally nominated Obama to run for the office of the President of the United States of America. Obama would go on to win the presidential election against Republican nominee John McCain .
On Feb. 10, 2007, an Illinois senator announced he would seek the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. This is that historic speech.
Former President Barack Obama headlined the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.. In a hopeful and forceful speech of just over half an hour, Obama plugged Democratic ...
From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the United States.