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Obama to chart presidential goals on civil rights anniversary
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 28 - 08 - 2008


Barack Obama is to accept the Democratic
nomination for the presidency in a speech later Thursday, when he is
expected to chart his plans for improving the weak economy and
restoring the country's international standing, according to dpa.
Obama is the first African-American presidential nominee from a
major party and his speech comes on the 45th anniversary of one of
the most famous civil rights events in the country's history - Martin
Luther King Jr's 1963 I Have A Dream speech.
Obama may briefly glance back on the long road travelled by
American blacks since then, but most of his appearance will be
devoted to his vision for the future.
A crowd of 75,000 is expected to be on hand at Denver's Invesco
Field amidst tight security for the speech, breaking with tradition
for acceptance speeches which are normally given within the smaller
confines of the nominating convention hall. He is the first candidate
to do so since John F Kennedy held his speech in another venue in
1960.
"We want to open up this convention to make sure that everybody
who wants to come can join in the party," said Obama, who was
formally nominated by the convention's 4,000 delegates Wednesday.
The party will include Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson
leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Musicians like Sheryl Crow and
Michael McDonald will warm up the crowd.
Two of King's children will speak, as will civil rights stalwart
John Lewis, a US congressman.
The stage has been designed to resemble the White House portico
where US presidents are often pictured. The stadium will open at 1 pm
(1900 GMT), hours before Obama's 8 pm (0200 GMT) speech.
Much of the first three convention days were devoted to filling in
the blanks about Obama, 47, a relative newcomer on the national
political scene, and healing the wounds of the bitter primary fight
against Senator Hillary Clinton, 60.
In his acceptance speech, Obama is expected to look to the future.
"I think what Senator Obama wants to do is make sure everyone
watching at home is going to have a clear sense of where he wants to
take the country, that we're on the wrong path and Barack Obama is
going to put us back on the right track both here at home and
overseas," David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, told broadcaster
ABC.
More than two-thirds of the seats at Mile High will be filled by
residents of the Mountain West and Southwest regions, where Democrats
hope to wrest away votes from Republicans.
Expectations are high for Obama's speech, his candidacy and
possible presidency.
Stanley Crouch, an African-American columnist for New York's Daily
News, noted that Obama has a "tall order" of tackling the country's
crumbling education system and uncertainty on the foreign front.
"Can Obama force Americans to understand the gravity of our
problems? Can he offer solutions?" he asked.
He called for Obama to "take off the gloves" and become a "dragon
slayer whose sword has been forged in the intellectual smithy of
thinkers."
"Barack Obama should offer more than a dream. Tonight, he should
offer the American people real solutions that will free this country
from its quagmire," Crouch wrote.


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