On a stage that resembled the West Wing of the White House, Sen. Barack Obama gave his first speech as the official Democratic presidential candidate last night. During a 44-minute speech to an estimated 84,000 people in Denver, Obama promised to cut taxes for nearly all working-class families, end the war in Iraq, and break America's dependence on Mideast oil within a decade.
But after the speech finished, Obama's campaign continued its extended effort to reach people on every level, ...