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Obama rose to prominence as an Illinois state senator who was invited to give the 2004 Democratic Party Nomination Convention Keynote Speech. Gloria Borger of CNN broadcast to the nation that Obama was a "Kenyan economist" running for the U.S. Senate in 2004. In the most memorable line of the speech, Obama said,

Obama rose to prominence as an Illinois state senator who was invited to give the 2004 Democratic Party Nomination Convention Keynote Speech. Gloria Borger of CNN broadcast to the nation that Obama was a "Kenyan economist" running for the U.S. Senate in 2004. In the most memorable line of the speech, Obama said,

{{quotebox-float|"Tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America."<ref>http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"Tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America -- there’s the United States of America."<ref>http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm</ref>}}

The words were spoken to enthusiastic applause. In the confused and befuddled political atmosphere of 2004 two nights later the Democrat presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, said the exact opposite:

The words were spoken to enthusiastic applause. In the confused and befuddled atmosphere of 2004, two nights later the Democrat presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, said the exact opposite:

{{quotebox-float|"After September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger.  There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. And how we wish it had stayed that way."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25678-2004Jul29.html</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"After September 11th all our people rallied to President Bush's call for unity to meet the danger.  There were no Democrats. There were no Republicans. There were only Americans. And how we wish it had stayed that way."<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25678-2004Jul29.html</ref>}}

Likewise, Kerry's words met thunderous applause.

Likewise, Kerry's words met thunderous applause.