The speech that then-Sen. Barack Obama gave during the 2004 Democratic National Convention solidified him in the minds of many as a legitimate contender for the presidency. During that keynote address ...

It was just more than 20 years ago, on July 27, 2004, when a 17-minute keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston put Barack Obama on the path to the presidency. Valerie Jarrett, ...

President Obama's ex-speechwriter talks about one of the campaign basics. — -- One man who knows a thing or two about stump speeches is Jon Favreau, a former speechwriter for President Barack ...

President Barack Obama will give a speech formally accepting the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, and The Atlantic Wire will live-GIF it. Obama has to follow ...

This is another preacherly device that Obama used throughout his speech. He used “You and I” two times ... perhaps most famously where he said in the 2004 Democratic National Convention that there are ...