In 2004, a one-term senator from Illinois took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking, Democrats across the country knew they had seen the future of their party.
Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Speech
Obama Speech with analysis by Michael A. Cohen (Author, Live From The Campaign Trail), Mario Cuomo (Former Governor of New York), Robert Lehrman (Chief Speechwriter for Vice President Gore and Professor of Speechwriting, American University), Charlton McIlwain (Professor of Communication, New York University), Jeff Shesol (Speechwriter for President Clinton and Founding Partner, West Wing Writers).
Speech Analysis