Address throws Illinois’ Obama into whirlwind of political hope:
Barack Obama, an obscure Senate candidate from Illinois who became the Democratic Party’s overnight star, was greeted Wednesday by powerbrokers and autograph-seekers talking about his future.
Even sales of his 1995 memoir, Dreams From My Father, soared by Wednesday morning to put him on Barnes & Noble.com’s Hourly Top 100. “I still haven’t had a chance to catch my breath,” Obama said as he headed into a labor union reception held at the Massachusetts Statehouse.
Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention crowd Tuesday night with the unifying message of his keynote address and his life story as the son of a Kenyan immigrant and a woman from Kansas….
When told people were already mentioning him as a future president, Obama winced.
“I’m a state senator who hasn’t been elected to higher office yet,” he said. “Hopefully, I can go back to Illinois and close the deal in the next three months.”
Well, I know who I’m voting for in 2012. Go hear the speech for yourself.