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  • Obama set to woo nation with historic speech

    Barack Obama will stand before delegates and the nation Thursday - the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech - to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, the first black man to claim such a prize.

  • Obama makes unscripted appearance at the DNC

    Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him.

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  • Bill Clinton takes his shot at party unity, and his legacy

    Following his wife's lead, former President Bill Clinton prepared Wednesday to deliver an enthusiastic endorsement to Sen. Barack Obama, a unifying gesture that Democrats hope will end talk of bad blood between the two camps.

  • Biden helps heal divided Democratic Party

    Joe Biden, who was to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night, has quietly become a very popular pick among rank-and-file Democrats.

  • Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic convention

    Address by Sen. Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate, at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign:

  • Biden says nation needs more than a good soldier

    Joe Biden accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination Wednesday night and declared that the challenges America faces require "more than a good soldier" in the White House, hailing Barack Obama as a wise leader who can deliver the change the nation needs.

  • Bill Clinton's convention address

    Prepared remarks of former President Bill Clinton for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign:

  • Obama nomination a key moment in TV coverage

    A carefully timed roll call and a sudden recognition of history may prove to be a turning point for Democrats at a convention that hadn't been going well for them as a television event.

  • FactCheck: The fuller story in Denver

    Sen. Barack Obama's formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on point, others missed the mark.

  • Thousands of war protesters march in Denver

    Thousands of anti-war demonstrators converged near security gates outside the Democratic National Convention hall on Wednesday, chanting slogans and asking to talk to party officials about getting U.S. troops out of Iraq.

  • Biden hasn't always had kind words for running mate

    Sen. Joe Biden went before the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday to make the case for Barack Obama's presidential bid. Biden, selected as Obama's running mate, has offered different messages in the past.

  • Bill Clinton forcefully endorses Obama at DNC

    Former President Clinton gave his full-throated endorsement to Barack Obama's bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is "ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world."

  • Potential Obama veeps get turn on stage

    Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't the only also-ran on the loose in Denver. Three officials who were mentioned as possible running mates for Barack Obama but didn't make it onto the ticket got a chance to address the Democratic convention Wednesday night.

  • Biden helps heal divided Democratic Party

    Joe Biden, who was to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night, has quietly become a very popular pick among rank-and-file Democrats.

  • GOP platform backs off pet issues to help McCain

    Republicans are putting John McCain's campaign priorities above some of their pet issues, including drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.

  • Clinton helps seal Obama nomination amid cheers

    It was a closing of sorts, but whether closure was there is another matter.

  • Olympian Johnson to lead pledge at DNC convention

    Barack Obama's presidential campaign says Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson will lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.

  • Analysis: Clinton loses but remains a force

    A vanquished guest at another's coronation, Hillary Rodham Clinton proved this week she is still a political force - in the short term and for the future.

  • The Democrats' convention floor is ... democratic

    We supposedly live in a classless society, but the velvet ropes have been spreading like weeds in recent years. How odd, then, that the power-saturated floor of the Democratic National Convention is, in fact, one of the most democratic places on Earth - providing, that is, you have the proper credentials.

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