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Obama voted in by delegates
Scotland News.Net
Wednesday 27th August, 2008
Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him in.
Delegates stood and cheered after former rival Hillary Clinton asked Democrats in the convention hall to make their verdict unanimous "in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory."
Chants of "Obama" and "Yes we can" preceded the popular outcome as the verdict of most of the states announced.
Clinton then called for Obama to be approved by acclamation, midway through the traditional roll call of the states
Obama, the 47-year-old Illinois senator, was handed the ticket into the general election campaign against Republican Senator John McCain.
While Mr Obama was not in the hall when the announcement was made, he later attended to thank the delegates.
His formal acceptance speech Thursday night is expected to draw a crowd of 75,000 at the nearby football stadium.
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08-27-08, 09:43 PM |
Obama voted in by delegates
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08-28-08, 05:31 AM |
Dems wooin' Hispanics...
Hispanics Don’t Have to Fear Raids, Michelle Obama Says
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Michelle Obama, wife of democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), talks to volunteers during Delegate Service Day at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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Hispanics should not have to live in fear of raids by immigration agents, Michelle Obama told a Hispanic caucus to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. Her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, wants to reform immigration policies and provide illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, she said. “We would have an immigration policy that brings 12 million people out of the shadows," she told cheering caucus members who shouted “Yes we can” in Spanish.
Hispanics are often the first to suffer in an economic downturn and the last to benefit during a recovery, she said. She told the caucus that blacks and Hispanics share an interest in providing access to affordable health care, education and economic opportunities for all Americans, not just a select few. “We all know our country’s journey toward equality isn’t finished yet. We have more work to do," she said.
Hispanics could play a key role in the November election, especially in the West where the Obama campaign has been courting them. Researchers say that although Hispanics make up about 15 percent of the U.S. population, about 9 percent of eligible Hispanic voters are registered to vote and only 6.5 percent do vote, a statistic Republicans and Democrats are trying to change.
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