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ELECTIONS
Democratic National Convention speakers for Monday
Michelle Obama reads to children at the ODU Child Study Center in Norfolk, Virginia on Wednesday. Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Monday.
Purchase this photoA look at Monday's speakers for the 2008 Democratic National Convention:
MICHELLE OBAMA: The potential first lady addresses Democrats after a rocky summer as the target of conservative attacks. She was harshly criticized by Republicans for her comment that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States, a comment her husband, Barack Obama, later said was merely an expression of her pride in high voter interest. In recent weeks, Michelle Obama has worked to soften her image, talking about raising two daughters in an interview in Ebony magazine and making a June appearance at an Ohio nursing home.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: The nation's first female speaker of the House, Pelosi opens the convention. Pelosi has represented the San Francisco area in Congress since 1987. Since taking the gavel last year, Pelosi has steered a divided House through an economic stimulus package and opposition to many of President Bush's initiatives, including an override of Bush's veto of the 2008 farm bill.
SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY: The Massachusetts senator is the subject of a five-minute recorded tribute. Diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and recently completing radiation and chemotherapy, one of the nation's best-known Democrats has been keeping a low public profile. The video tribute will be introduced by his niece, Caroline Kennedy.
FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER: The former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner from Georgia addresses Democrats on the convention's opening night. Some in the GOP see Carter's early support for Obama as an opening. Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said that if Democrats see a McCain presidency as a third term for Bush, then an Obama victory would be tantamount to a second term for Carter.
