Earlier this evening, Barack Obama officially secured the Democratic nomination — at the request of Hillary Clinton, who asked that he be named the nominee by acclamation, rather than having a roll call vote. Talking Points Memo was there:
This means that today, August 27, 2008, officially marks the first time in American history that an African-American has been nominated for the Presidency by a major political party.
It’s a little bit of history, happening right in front of us.
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