2004 Obama Interview Foreshadows 2008 Nomination

Four years ago, a Senate candidate from Illinois made headlines for giving a rousing keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. On that night, Barack Obama spoke of "hope in the face of difficulty, hope in the face of uncertainty, the audacity of hope" and said that "my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely." Even more unlikely, perhaps, would have been the thought that Obama would return to the next convention as the presumptive presidential nominee, and would ultimately be...Full Story