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Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
DENVER - Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration.
"I think the convention's gone pretty well so far; what do you think," called out the Democrats' man of the hour in a surprise late-night visit to the hall. The crowd thundered its approval, and he and running mate Joe Biden basked in the cheers.
Obama implored the delegates to help him "take back America" in the fall campaign against Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Earlier, former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton asked the convention to interrupt its roll call of the states and make its verdict unanimous "in the spirit of unity, with the goal of victory." And the Democrats did, with a roar.
Competing chants of "Obama" and "Yes we can" surged up from the convention floor as the outcome was announced
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