Elections and Politics -- CNMI and the Nation: A Glorious Day

Today was a glorious day in Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency of the United States of America in front of 84,000 people. It was an occasion of profound symbolism, sending ripples around the globe, rattling stereotypes and potentially changing the image of our country forever.

Folks stood in line for miles to get into the stadium to see and hear Obama's acceptance speech.

It is now 67 days to the election.

Yahoo's Politico says Obama mastered his moment. Here are some excepts from that report:

Obama’s speech soared many times, but it always came back to earth. And it usually came back to earth on John McCain’s head.

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You can accuse Barack Obama of a lot of things — and no doubt McCain will do so next week at the Republican National Convention — but you can’t accuse Obama of being a cream puff. He is ready to get it on, high road, low road, or middle road, against the Republicans.

Their greatest sin? Well, much of what they have told us about fighting terror, Obama said, has been fiction.

The Democrats have forced the Republicans to act radically (and desperately). It looks like John McCain will pick Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. To stay in the game, the Republicans have to follow the Democrat play book. So they pick a member of the other underrepresented class in an effort to counterbalance the Democrats' pick of Obama. They pick a young woman, in hopes of appealling to youth and women, a young woman with a record of changing things in Alaska. What radical transformations in American politics Obama is achieving!

So McCain's defensive strategy is to try to occupy the same space Obama and the Democratic Party have already staked out.

But is Sarah Palin prepared to take the 3:00 am phone call? Can she go nose to nose with Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail? You can bet Hillary and Bill will take her on.

Dr. King's entire "I Have A Dream" speech can be found here.

"Born in the USA" joins the Democrats' theme in proper form.

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