Won’t be long now: Durbin on

Thu, August 28, 2008 - 8:59 PM

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is introducing Obama, likening him, of course,to Abraham Lincoln, who, Durbin says, also spoke to a divided nation.

It’s nearly dark now, and the flashes of cameras in the stands look like fireflies on steroids.

He’s waxing poetic about the dawning of a new day. “We should take the message from this Mile High City to every corner of this land…”

And he draws the crowd into a chant, “Yes we can!”

Show time! The Obama bio video begins.

-- Marsha Mercer