It became official only a short while ago:
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — Democrats Wednesday officially nominated Barack Obama to be their candidate for president.
Sen. Hillary Clinton asked to cut the roll call short saying, “With eyes firmly fixed on the future, and in the spirit of unity with the goal of victory, with faith in our party and our country, let’s declare together with one voice right here, right now that Barack Obama is our candidate and he will be our president,” she said.
Delegates then affirmed Obama as their choice with cheers.
Whatever else there is to be said about Barack Obama and regardless of how this election, or an Obama Presidency that might result from it, turns out, there is no denying that this is a unique moment in history. For the first time, a black man is the nominee of a major American political party and is potentially only 146 days away from taking the oath of office as President of the United States. Because of this, the 2008 Presidential Election will go down in the history books regardless of which candidate wins 68 days from now.
In and of itself, Barack Obama’s nomination is a significant event and I don’t think I’m alone in saying that it’s a good day to be an American.
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