Who should give the convention nominating speech for Senator Barack Obama in Denver?

[Purveyor]

My first pick is Ted Kennedy if he is up to it.

[islandmkl]

1. sebelius....stepping stone for the next 8 years...

[terrya]

2. Or maybe Al Gore

[Purveyor]

35. Gore would be great also! eom

[Hart2008]

3. I'll go with John Kerry.

Passing the torch to the next nominee.

[Oceansaway]

4. Dick Durbin...the first Sen. to ever

endorse Obama.....jmo...

[TwilightGardener]

10. I agree--Dick Durbin. He's been Obama's staunchest ally.

[muntrv]

5. Rep. John Lewis of GA.

[sabbat hunter]

6. Ted Kennedy

if he is well enough.

[stillcool]

13. oh man, would that be great!

[Cant trust em]

7. I was thinking the same thing

How amazing would that be? That would blow the roof off.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Ted Kennedy would be glorious........

[azmouse]

9. Gov. Janet Napolitano

[AtomicKitten]

11. Ted Kennedy would be THE choice and I do hope he's up to it.

It would be bittersweet and so poignant.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank John Kerry for choosing Barack as keynote speaker to the Dem Convention in 2004.

America it seems is on a karmic journey on so many levels.

:patriot:
:party:

[AZBlue]

23. If Ted can't, what about Kerry?

Would that be too hard for him to do? Seems fitting though.

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

33. Absolutely and there would be no better substitute.

It would be so fitting and fabulous. I am so relieved to be beyond the Clinton mindthink and I can look at our many, many fine Democrats with pride and a new profound appreciation.

It's a new day, America. We're going to change the world.

Cheers!

:patriot:
:party:

[karynnj]

38. His Obama endorsement speech was beautiful

He has looked happier than at any time since 2004, in the various appearances he has made for Obama.

[AZBlue]

46. He's probably so happy not to have to trade places with him.

I'm not saying that he didn't really want to win or that he wouldn't have been a great President - but since it's a thing of the past and he knows first-hand what a candidate goes through, he's probably feeling ok right now that it's not him not getting any sleep or travelling through 7 states in 3 days.

[karynnj]

55. I think that even though he is ambitious, a major reason he wanted to be President

was for the things that he could do. There was a clip from a MA forum that was posted where he made one of the few serious comments he has made of what it meant. He spoke of being in Israel in the wake of the election of Abbas. He was there to monitor the election with some other SFRC people. He spoke of meeting Abbas, who spoke of not having the resources that he knew he needed to be the one providing basic services (rather than Hamas). Kerry spoke of how this was a moment where he realized that as President he could have helped - as Senator, he did pass his recommendations to the appropriate State Department people - who did little. What was striking was the sadness in his voice when speaking of that lost opportunity.

I saw the Kerrys on their book tour in March 2007 in NYC. In answer to a question on 2008, Kerry spoke of how the person who took office in 2009 would have the potential of being a great President on the order of FDR, because the problems were so great. He then said that he thought of this in making his decision to not run - and didn't elaborate. In his endorsement, he spoke of how Obama was the right person who could change the page here and abroad. From the endorsement, it seems that he is comfortable with a role other than President.

I also think that you may be right on how hard it is to run. I can't imagine the pain caused by the SBVT, who attacked not just Kerry but as collateral damage, the vets who were really with him. It also had to be painful to see the Republicans demonize Teresa, who most likely had been friendly with in the many years she was Senator Heinz's wife. The Teresa that we saw in the book tour was awesome - very soft spoken, brilliant, very accomplished and funny. In a way, the real impact of the "botched joke" was possibly the pain of an easily explained mistake - skipping one word in a joke on a card - that was correct in the pre-speech text given to the local media before hand being distorted for political purposes - even by some fellow Democrats. This in spite of a 40 year record on troops and veterans. No one can be perfect and it may be he saw that the bar was higher for him than anyone else.

[jody]

12. Perhaps Jeremiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan since those two will haunt Obama until election day and

if he loses, they will be a major contributing factor.

[hokies4ever]

19. I call your race-baiting and raise you Hillary's murder of Vincent Foster

How does Louis Farrakhan haunt Obama? I mean, besides the fact that you're race-baiting.

Let me know if you want to continue this stupid little game. :rofl:

[jody]

27. Have a great day. n/t

[hokies4ever]

37. Why not just say something positive tonight? :-)

Even if not about Obama, then about Hillary. No need to trash the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.

[EffieBlack]

36. Obama's black. Farrakhan's black. They both live in Chicago . Isn't that enough?

:sarcasm:

[AllentownJake]

21. t-7 days

Enjoy your last 7 days of attacking the nominee

:hi:

[jody]

30. Have a great day. n/t

[Forkboy]

51. I suspect the Obama supporters ARE having a great day.

You, on the other hand...

[dionysus]

39. tres bitter...

:rofl:

[hokies4ever]

14. Ted Kennedy would be a huge tear-jerker

Even the Republicans would be forced to say good things about him.

[4_Legs_Good]

15. Agreed. That would be oh so sweet

What a great moment for Democrats and this nation.

David

[Elidor]

16. Howard DEAN!!!

But if I had to guess, it might be Tom Daschle.

[eleny]

17. Jim Webb if Teddy can't

[AllentownJake]

18. Hillary Clinton

She can undo some of the damage she's done.

[Orsino]

42. Could be. She could do much good. n/t

[Poll_Blind]

20. A recoverying Ted Kennedy. It would be beautiful, really beautiful. n/t

PB

[Blue-Jay]

22. Jimmy Carter.

[hiaasenrocks]

24. Absolutely. My first thought when I saw the question. OR how about Caroline Kennedy?

[sniffa]

25. Geraldine Ferraro

She can pull a two-fer a week later.

[Catherina]

26. Ted Kennedy n/t

[knixphan]

28. Sebelius

[Carrieyazel]

29. How about Reverend Wright?

Just having some fun.

[dionysus]

41. you could have been the first to say mcclurkin...

:eyes:

[greguganus]

43. lol

[riverwalker]

31. Robert Byrd n/t

[mudesi]

32. Dennis Kucinich (nm)

[SeattleGirl]

34. Ted Kennedy would be my first choice too.

I hope he's well enough by then!

[Emit]

40. Bob Wexler (D-FL)

[book_worm]

44. If Ted Kennedy is well enough he should, seconding speeches by Richardson and Sebelius

[Nickster]

45. Gov Schweitzer if Teddy is unable to.

[loves_dulcinea]

47. Senator Robert Byrd

n/t

[MiniMe]

49. Its a nice thought, but Byrd just doesn't have the umph lately

His words come too slowly. The announcer needs to sound exciting.

[GreenInNC]

48. me

what the hell, no harm in throwing out my own name. I am a converted Green.

[Bright Eyes]

50. Ted Kennedy, I hope.

Al Gore, and John Edwards would be good, too.

[Forkboy]

52. I thought Kennedy as I clicked on the thread.

We're thinking the same thing, and it would be great, for him and us.

[Seabiscuit]

53. Ted Kennedy ... man I'll be crying like a baby if goes up to the podium! nt

[RichardRay]

54. Ted Kennedy, even if it's a video from a hospital bed.

If needs be, put up a huge video wall and project it. If he really can't do it then who else? Kerry would be good. If Senator Clinton can do it wholeheartedly then that would be great, too.

I look forward to being moved and probably weeping, regardless of who gives the speech.

[saltpoint]

56. Great choices already in this thread.

Possibly Ted, or his niece, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg.

Or maybe Bill Moyers.