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iVoteAmerica conducted a live, running analysis of the Obama acceptance speech and here are the salient features of this event in bullet format as we saw it and heard it. -iVoteAmerica

Enter Obama…stage center..speech begins…crowd is allowed to begin its chants as Barack repeatedly says, “thank you!”

“…I accept your nomination as President of the United States…”

Speech Themes. It’s a story about a man from Kenya and a woman from Kansas. It’s about hard work and the pursuit of dreams. For 232 years…”ordinary men and women found the courage” to keep the American promise alive.”

Challenges of the common man are, in part, a result of the “failed policies of Washington and George Bush.”

The speech made references to poverty and the drowning of American cities…(whatever that means) with Obama stating “we’re better than that…” On November 4, said Obama, we need to “stand up and say eight is enough.”

Attacks on McCain followed…his voting 95% of the time in lock-step with Bush in “issue after issue” and McCain’s team calling American’s a “nation of whiners.”

More: tax breaks for the rich via McCain…McCain “doesn’t get it.”

Quotable Quotes. “It’s time for us to change America.” “Government should insure opportunity…that’s the promise of America.”

“Change means a tax code for companies that create good jobs right here in America.” “I will cut taxes for 95% of all working families…the last thing we should do is lay taxes on the middle class…”

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The Democratic National Convention created a video tribute to Barack Obama. Here’s iVoteAmerica’s running interpretation of the content of the video as it was played for the first time during the Denver rally.

The Obama team is the first to truly maximize the full arsenal of tools available to it in a 21st century Internet connected planet. In the run-up to the speech, attendees are text to contribute to Obama. It will be interesting to see how much revenue was generated before the first word of Obama’s acceptance speech was uttered.

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iVoteAmerica Observation: The introduction of Barack Obama started with Joe Biden coming on stage to say he “always dreamed he would be standing in this place…we are here for all the Americans who have been knocked down…we’re here for the next President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.” This was followed by Biden’s reference to a litany of every day people who endorse Barack Obama.

ivoteAmerica Interpretation: The Obama campaign is focused on converting middle Americans to his message of change. Joe Biden is the campaign’s champion of common people. Joe is supposed to be you and me, all of us who work at it everyday. He referenced firefighters, factory workers and police officers in his brief appearance, setting the stage for Obama’s acceptance speech.

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Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, August 27, 2007, demonstrates many things, none of which have anything to do with his support of Barack Obama.

William Jefferson Clinton could give a speech feigning endorsement of Ronald Reagan and some people would applaud in support. His lip biting (pun intentional) coronation of Obama is necessary, difficult as it was, in order to close the book and set up Hillary for the 2012 election.

All one needed to do was following CNN’s constant panning of the faces of Hillary and Chelsea to get a feel for the dismal frustration they were feeling. One only needed to examine the facial expressions of daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary to know, without doubt, that this was truly one of the most painful political endorsements in recent history, perhaps of all time.

iVoteAmerica suspects this was Bill Clinton’s farewell speech, wrapped in accolades for Obama. We won’t be seeing Bill on the stump…nor Hillary…nor, Chelsea. They’re simply going to be booked through November…end of story.