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during the process. Originally given 8 minutes to speak, Obama's completed address ran for 25 minutes, leading to two more weeks of edits with advisors that brought it down to 17 minutes. The final draft was sent to a
Democratic speech writing team at the FleetCenter on roughly July 20, at which time some biographical material was removed so as to include more on the presidential ticket; one report indicated that roughly three quarters was reported to have been left intact after the Kerry campaign's edits, while another indicated that very little had been changed. After delivering it, Obama acknowledged that his and Kerry's staffs had reviewed the speech for length, noting, however, that he was proud to have written it himself along with most of his other speeches.
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374:, Obama said, "I'm sure I'm going to be excited, although I was here last night and something that really takes the pressure off, you realize that nobody's listening... So, you know, who knows what lines I could slip in there...No one would notice. So as long as I'm smiling and waving, I think I'll be OK." He referred to talk about his presidential prospects as silly, and also addressed the risk of being typecast, as another young African-American politician,
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been seeing are people who are concerned about their economic security, concerned about their ability to pay for their health care, their kids, sending them to college, and if we can project an optimistic vision that says we can be stronger at home, more respected abroad, and that John Kerry has the message and the strength to lead us in that fashion, then I think we'll be successful.
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776:, both utilizing an "immigrant dream narrative". They observe that in Obama's rhetorical shift away from his own biography and back toward that of John Kerry, he was able to make a convincing argument that Senator Kerry, through his own service to the country, was an "honorary immigrant", and thus that Kerry too had chosen to be an American citizen.
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552:, and when asked about what she thought, Michelle replied, "And all I have to say is, honey, you didn't screw it up, so good job." Obama said that he hoped his two daughters had watched the whole event, as their baby-sitter was permitted to let them stay up only if they watched the convention. Obama's grandmother,
241:, Obama states that he began by considering his own campaign themes and those specific issues he wished to address, and while pondering the various people he had met and stories he had heard during his campaign, was reminded of the phrase "The audacity of hope", which was previously used in a sermon by his pastor
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admitted, "I have to tell you, a little chill in my legs right now. That is an amazing moment in history right there. It is surely an amazing moment. A keynoter like I have never heard." He added later in the night, "...I have seen the first black president there. And the reason I say that is because
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acknowledged that many aspects of his speech were typical of political speeches, but that Obama had managed to make it appear as though they were something new and exciting. Speaking of the broadcast networks that had not covered the address, the column said, "They missed the national debut of what
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It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs. The hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores. The hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta. The hope of a mill worker's son who dares to defy the odds. The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name
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America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America — there's the United States of America. The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country
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Democratic Party has for this country. You know, I think that there's enormous strength in the country, enormous resilience in the country, but people are struggling, and as I've been traveling throughout Illinois over the last 18 months, what I've
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Sharpton did not stray beyond familiar themes of African American trauma, Obama broadened his scope to include all races and classes in a narrative that "harkened back to the Roosevelt-Johnson legacy of shared purpose and coalition..." In an alternative
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Stating his own beliefs on what could be done, Obama said that he believed "we have a righteous wind at our backs" and expressed confidence in the country's ability to meet the current challenges. He concluded by expressing his belief that in
November Kerry and Edwards would be elected, and with
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The first draft was written in longhand, and Obama reportedly labored over it for some two weeks, often beyond midnight. Described by his campaign political director as "a greatest hits collection of rhetoric drawn from his stump speeches", Obama also watched and read previous keynote addresses
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Hertzberg also said about the speech, "Every single thing about it. It was literature, the delivery, the inclusiveness of the language, not a single cliche in there, and the use of
American patriotic imagery, with no patronizing, no bloviation, and this combination of intimacy and the ability to
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and John M. Jones, two professors of communications, argue that the disconnect between what policies the majority of the
American public reported supporting (more liberal) and the political label the plurality used to describe themselves as (conservative) had to do with the fact that America's
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pushed the idea of Obama running for president, stating, "If anyone can do it, Obama can...Obama may help break down the stereotypes that an
African-American politician is someone only for other blacks...When Obama runs for the White House, he will run not as a candidate for blacks. He has the
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that Kerry initially supported, and the fact that he was only a state senator, they eventually chose Obama over the other finalist, Jennifer
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who believes that America has a place for him too. Hope! Hope in the face of difficulty! Hope in the face of uncertainty! The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
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in the spring of 2004, and was one of several names considered for the role of keynote speaker at the party's convention that summer. Obama was told in early July 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the
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I think the immigrant experience combined with the African background, combined with the incredible education, combined with his beautiful speech, not every politician gets help with the speech, but that speech was a piece of work." Commenting the next day,
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responded, "It was such a moving speech that I had tears in my eyes...It was electrifying. When I looked around the room, all across the people were so emotional, tears in their eyes. They're crying. A great individual, a great Illinoisan." Governor
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cared for and that there is an obligation to "never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world." Obama subsequently returned to Kerry and affirmed his commitment to keep America secure.
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608:, stating, "If he wrote that speech, then he should be president, because it's such a great speech. If he didn't, he should be president because he found such a great speechwriter." Martin Medhurst, a professor of rhetoric and communications at
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approving the use of military force, responded that they were focused on the future instead of looking back at the past, and that now everyone was interested in seeing a successful policy on the war. Obama also stated the advice his wife
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reading, Mark Lawrence McPhail criticizes Obama, stating that his "reduction of black trauma to 'slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs'" romanticizes the historical realities of black suffering and borders on the
302:, began on July 26, with Obama scheduled to address the delegates the following evening. The Obama campaign was unhappy with the time slot and hoped to change it, as that night would not be covered by the major networks.
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affiliates did broadcast Obama's speech), leading to criticism from some columnists. But with major networks not covering the evening's events, other stations received greater viewership, including 3 million viewers for
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and becoming the first African American to be elected to the nation's highest office. On November 6, 2012, Obama was reelected to a second term as President of the United States, defeating former Massachusetts governor
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important Senate seat. During the process, the Obama senate campaign provided the Kerry camp with an eight-minute audition video, and several Obama advisors lobbied on his behalf with members of the Kerry staff.
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acknowledged that it would likely disagree with Obama's policies, but compared with John Edwards' speech, "his sentiments had a freshness and a realness that Mr. Edwards' lacked." A reporter for Britain's
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television audience of about nine million. Since its delivery, several academics have studied the speech, both for the various narratives it describes as well as its implications for racial reconciliation.
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Asking whether the country wished to engage in a politics of cynicism or hope, he stated that Kerry and Edwards called on the American people to hope, which he assured was not simply "blind optimism".
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and conservatives, and that in a keynote address unremarkable in its basic themes, Obama sought to recast the narrative as one associated with liberals. Whereas Reagan's narrative focused heavily on
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and began asking for opinions from people who knew and had worked with him. Although there were some internal worries about his style of speaking, lack of experience with a teleprompter,
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speaker. Kerry first publicly hinted that Obama would deliver the convention's keynote address on June 29, though it was not until July 14 when the official announcement was made.
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said, "Obama represents the best of what we brought from our generation...he represents a kind of division within the Democratic Party. It's not the old left."
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in Illinois was held that March 16, and later that spring Obama had his first opportunity to meet the soon to be nominated Democratic presidential candidate
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declined to stay on; Kerry was subsequently confirmed and served as Secretary of State until the conclusion of Obama's presidency in January 2017.
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their inauguration, "this country will reclaim its promise, and out of this long political darkness, a brighter day will come."
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I stand here today, grateful for the diversity of my heritage, aware that my parents’ dreams live on in my two precious
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who obtained a scholarship to come to the United States. He then spoke of his mother's family, describing his
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dominate this gigantic hall and the whole nation. Well, it would have been if they had put on it TV." (
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could be one of the most exciting and important voices in American politics in the next half century."
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noted its historic nature and everything that followed from it: "Then the next ten years happened."
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had given him for the night's address: "Don't screw it up."
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keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
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Frank, David A.; McPhail, Mark Lawrence (Winter 2005).
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said, "He hit a grand slam home run." Senate President
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1900:"Keynote speaker impresses Pennsylvania delegates"
1516:"Kerry Courts Blacks with Ads, Convention Speaker"
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18:2004 Democratic National Convention keynote speech
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1294:Bing, Jonathan; McClintock, Pamela (2004-07-29).
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3885:Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
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2147:"Star Role for Obama at Party Convention"
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2056:"What happened to conventional wisdom?"
1950:"Madelyn Payne Dunham; 'A trailblazer'"
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1805:"Making It: How Chicago shaped Obama"
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3753:Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
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774:2004 Republican National Convention
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148:That April, Kerry campaign manager
38:2004 Democratic National Convention
3373:Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy
1783:"The day America met Barack Obama"
100:, and was only seen by a combined
70:made him a rising star within the
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2383:"Auds resist charms of Dem stars"
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444:After thanking Illinois Senator
3454:Between Barack and a Hard Place
3211:Citizenship conspiracy theories
2458:Filler, Jaime (July 28, 2014).
2422:Bianculli, David (2004-07-28).
2177:, The Christian Science Monitor
2153:from the original on 2010-02-01
2098:Cornwell, Rupert (2004-07-27).
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1663:from the original on 2015-11-28
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1435:from the original on 2013-12-17
1380:from the original on 2009-03-04
1274:Broder, David S. (2004-07-28).
1052:Dionne Jr., E.J. (2004-06-25).
139:Democratic presidential primary
4014:Barack Obama's summer playlist
3535:Where's the Birth Certificate?
3278:First inauguration invitations
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1170:Lizza, Ryan (September 2004).
1146:Samuel, Terence (2004-08-02).
1054:"In Illinois, a star prepares"
992:Howlett, Debbie (2004-03-18).
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3391:The Case Against Barack Obama
2864:U.S. House of Representatives
2320:Rhetoric & Public Affairs
2221:American Behavioral Scientist
2171:Dauber, Jeremy (2004-07-29),
2054:Bianco, Robert (2004-07-28).
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3735:Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney
3364:Obama: From Promise to Power
3227:Religion conspiracy theories
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1948:Fornek, Scott (2007-09-09).
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1318:Obama: from promise to power
1258:. p. A1. Archived from
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1154:. p. 25. Archived from
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1076:Obama: from promise to power
972:Davey, Monica (2004-03-18).
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4068:One Last Time (44 Remix)
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3815:The Road We've Traveled
3553:Barack Obama: The Story
3526:O: A Presidential Novel
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3855:America's Great Divide
3636:Barack the Magic Negro
3308:New Energy for America
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2776:Dreams from My Father
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1376:. The New Republic.
1374:"Barack's Big Night"
1176:The Atlantic Monthly
902:The Audacity of Hope
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3598:The World as It Is
3544:Obama's Last Stand
3517:The Obama Identity
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1690:The New York Times
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