Enter Obama

DENVER, AUGUST 28 : The vote was by acclamation after Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton waded onto the convention floor amid a standing ovation and stopped a roll call of delegations. She urged Obama’s unanimous selection as the party’s presidential nominee “in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory”. Delegates shouted their affirmation, and the longest, most contentious Democratic primary fight in more than a generation came to a congenial halt.

Hours later, Bill Clinton did his part for party peace by wrapping Obama in his unqualified embrace. “Hillary told us in no uncertain terms that she’ll do everything she can to elect Barack Obama,” Clinton said, a day after his wife pledged her unstinting support. “That makes two of us.”

In a country with a difficult history of race relations, Obama overcame more than skin colour to achieve his triumph. As the son of a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya, his background is hardly that of a typical presidential candidate. And his victory comes less than four years after he left the Illinois state Senate. A major goal this week is convincing voters that he has the experience to understand their lives and step into the White House.

Obama, 47, was at his Denver hotel with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters when history was made. At evening’s end, he sent a jolt of electricity through the crowded arena when he strode onstage and embraced running mate Joe Biden, who made his convention debut with a speech that mixed autobiography with policy and pugnacity.

Saluting his erstwhile rival, Obama said: “If I’m not mistaken, Hillary Clinton rocked the house last night.” The crowd roared. “And just in case you’re wondering... President Clinton reminded us of what it is when you’ve got a President who actually puts people first.” The couple, along with their daughter, Chelsea, beamed from the VIP seats.

Obama’s installation as the Democratic nominee capped a swift rise that began four years ago at the party’s national convention when Obama delivered a soaring keynote address. Bookending his rise is Thursday night’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field, a football stadium expected to fill with more than 75,000 people.

On Wednesday, Democrats continued their pounding of Republican John McCain.

Senator John F Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic nominee who once considered McCain as a possible running mate, said “the candidate who once promised a ‘contest of ideas’ now has nothing left but personal attacks. How insulting. How pathetic. How desperate”.

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