Think they've finally come around?
Obama's rise a compelling story
By PAULINE ARRILLAGA (AP National Writer)
From Associated Press
November 05, 2008 1:18 PM EST
"My presence on this stage is pretty unlikely," Barack Obama began.
"I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story ... and that, in no other country on earth, is my story even possible."
It was the speech that launched him. Obama was an Illinois assembly member seeking his first term in the U.S. Senate, given a shot at the national stage when John Kerry asked him to deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
He had those in the crowd on their feet, cheering wildly, even as many of them - even as many of us - wondered: Who is this guy?
A "skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too," he told us then.
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I really couldn't believe it. Minutes after Pres.-elect Obama was declared the winner, the AP did a hit piece (suprise, suprise). While all of this has been written before, it's still nice to see the story, albeit abbreviated, tastfully told again.