Major speeches and a few others of interest from the 2008 Democratic National Convention, with full text of remarks as prepared for delivery:
• DNC: Howard Dean, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Andrew Tobias, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Nancy Kennan, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Reg Weaver, NEA, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Amanda Kubik, Young Delegate from North Dakota, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Margie Perez, New Orleans Jazz Singer, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Nancy Pelosi, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Jesse Jackson Jr., Aug. 25, 2008
• DNC: Maya Soetoro-Ng, Half-sister of Barack Obama, Aug. 25, 2008
• DNC: Jerry Kellman (Hired & Supervised Sen. Obama), Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Michelle Obama, Aug. 25 2008
• DNC: Mike Honda, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Patrick Leahy, Aug. 26, 2008
• DNC: John Conyers, Aug. 26, 2008
• DNC: Ted Sorenson, Special Counsel to JFK, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Cecile Richards, Aug. 26, 2008
• DNC: Anna Berger, SEIU and Change to Win, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Rahm Emanuel, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Dennis Kucinich, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Ed Rendell, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Jim Whitaker, Mayor of Fairbanks Alaska, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana, Aug. 26, 2008
• DNC: Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Lilly Ledbetter, the Voice and Face of the Pay Equity Fight, Aug. 26 2008
• DNC: Richard M. Daley, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Robert Wexler, Aug. 27, 2008
• DNC: Madeleine Albright, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Command Sergeant Major Michele Jones, U.S. Army (Ret.), Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Harry Reid, Aug. 27, 2008
• DNC: Tom Daschle, Aug. 27, 2008:
• DNC: Jack Reed, US Senator, Rhode Island, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Beth Robinson, Stay-at-Home Mom, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Xiomara Rodriguez, Nevada Delegate and USCG (ret.), Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Miami Mayor Manuel Diaz, Aug. 27, 2008
• DNC: Jay Rockefeller, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Ken Salazar, US Senator, Colorado, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Michael Wilson, Iraq War Veteran and Lifelong Republican, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Rep. Artur Davis, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Charles E. Schumer, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Jordan Apollo Pazell, Student, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Dolores Huerta, Civil Rights Leader, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Rep. Elijah Cummings, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Evan Bayh, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Rep. Patrick Murphy, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Mark Docherty, Veteran and Firefighter, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: John Kerry, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Beau Biden, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Bill Clinton, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Joe Biden, Aug. 27 2008
• DNC: Susan Eisenhower, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Scott Gration, Air Force Major General (Ret.), Aug. 28, 2008
• DNC: Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Martin Luther King III, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Pamela Cash-Roper, Unemployed Nurse and Republican From NC, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Jon Kuniholm, Iraq Veteran, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Barney Smith, American Voices Program, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Howard Dean, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Bill Richardson, Aug. 28, 2008
• DNC: Al Gore, Aug. 28 2008
• DNC: Barack Obama, Aug. 28 2008
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