Then an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama’s 2004 keynote speech electrified the convention and set him on a trajectory for the Democratic nomination four years later: "The pundits like to slice and ...

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, ...

In 2004, Barack Obama delivered the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, during which he discussed the unlikely path he followed in his life, which made him into the person that he is ...

DENVER — Four years ago, Seamus Ahern watched Barack Obama’s electric keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention while in a Marine Corps barracks at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He had just gotten ...