28 August 2008

By Acclamation

Yesterday, about half way through the roll call of delegates, it was New York's turn to cast their votes for a presidential nominee, when Hillary Clinton grabbed the microphone and took another classy step toward a repaired future, asking the delegates to the convention to suspend the vote and name Barack Obama the winner by acclamation.

A few short seconds later history was made as Sen. Obama was named the official presidential nominee of the Democratic Party...