Hawaii born Barack Obama moved one step closer to becoming the next President of the United States as he gave a speech claiming his victory in the very hall where John McCain will accept the Republican nomination in early September.

“This is our moment … our time to turn the page on the policies of the past,” Obama declared Tuesday evening in St. Paul, Minn., the site of this summer’s Republican National Convention. There Obama said he “will be the Democratic nominee” for president.

He praised Clinton for making “history” with her campaign and for carrying “an unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans, no matter how difficult the fight may be.”

It takes 2,118 delegates to clinch the nomination at the convention in Denver this summer, and Obama had 2,128.

This is truly a historic day for our nation and a historic day for Hawaii to have a member of the island ohana representing the nation at large.

Official Barack Obama Website:
http://www.barackobama.com

Links:
Obama gives victory speech – Honolulu Advertiser
Obama Clinches Democratic Presidential Nomination – Fox News
In Speech, Obama Heals—Then Attacks – TIME

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