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, ...

Before he was President of the United States, Barack Obama was an up-and-coming senator from Illinois, and on July 27, 2004, he spoke at the Democratic National Convention. During his speech at the ...

"What I am opposed to is a dumb war" : Speech Against the Iraq War, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2002 -- "The Audacity of Hope" : Speech at the 2004 Democratic National ...