Barack Obama is a smart strategist. He’s developed a brand for himself as a man of the people, an image further sealed by his latest campaign announcement: When he accepts the Democratic nomination on Aug. 28, he’s stepping outside the walls of the Democratic National Convention and onto Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, to do it. This notice or some form of it was sent to millions of fans through e-mail, MySpace and Facebook accounts from his campaign yesterday afternoon:" … I wanted you to be the first to hear the news."At the Democratic National Convention next month, we’re going to kick off the general election with an event that opens up the political process the same way we’ve opened it up throughout this campaign."Barack has made it clear that this is your convention, not his."On Thursday, August 28th, he’s scheduled to formally accept the Democratic nomination in a speech at the convention hall in front of the assembled delegates."Instead, Barack will leave the convention hall and join more than 75,000 people for a huge, free, open-air event where he will deliver his acceptance speech to the American people."It’s going to be an amazing event, and Barack would like you to join him. Free tickets will become available as the date approaches, but we’ve reserved a special place for a few of the people who brought us this far and who continue to drive this campaign. …"According to MSNBC’s First Read, this isn’t the first time a presidential hopeful has accepted the nomination outside convention walls. You can probably guess Obama’s predecessor: John F. Kennedy.
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