Rocking Denver last night and surrounded by his family, party delegates and celebrities, Barack Obama promised a clean break from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush" as he embarked on the final leg of the journey to become the nation's first black president.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama smiles as he speaks to delegates on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, USA 28 August, 2008. Obama accepted the nomination as the Democratic party's presidential candidate. EPA/RICK GIASE
"America, now is not the time for small plans," the 47-year-old Illinois senator told an estimated 84,000 people packed into Invesco Field.
Obama vowed to cut taxes for 95% of working-class families, end the war in Iraq and end America's purchasing of Mid-east oil within a decade.
Obama noted, "John McCain has voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time," and noted that the nation needed more than 10 percent change.
Now John McCain, the Arizona senator who has often times angered the Evangelical wing of his party, has selected a woman, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, to be his vice-president.
Palin, 44, has ruffled many of the GOP feathers of her state, and is described as a maverick in her party similar to McCain. She and her husband Todd Palin have five children. The youngest was born with Down syndrome.
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