The Dream, 45 Years Later
May 7, 2008
I’ll go with Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos, and Matt Drudge and say that Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party. Expect to see a wave of superdelegates announce their support for him in the coming days and weeks. Or, dropping hints like this:
Well, I am certainly doing my best not to take sides in this presidential thing. But I think that flexing our muscles, threatening people, threatening countries, is not the American way. We have — as President Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt said, “speak softly, carry a big stick.” Words to that effect. And that’s what I think we should do. Speak softly, make sure that people know that we can react if we have to, but let’s not go around threatening people.
-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Hillary Clinton’s promise to “totally obliterate” Iran.
Obama will deliver his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention on August 28, 2008. That’s exactly 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech.” We’ve come a long way, but still have much to do.
Tip via Sullivan
