Barack Obama and the Democratic National Convention Committee announced today that they are planning to break with tradition and are moving the final day (ie. the nomination day) of the Democratic National Convention from inside the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO (where the week-long convention is going to be held next month) to the wide open space at the Invesco Field football stadium (home of the Denver Broncos) in an effort to accommodate up to 75,000 supporters who wish to see Senator Obama officially accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. Basically, it’s gonna be a big-ass party, y’all:

A sea of 75,000 people swarmed around Senator Barack Obama at a rally in Portland, Ore. in May — the largest crowd of his campaign. And Mr. Obama is planning a repeat performance at the Democratic National Convention in August, when he will open his speech accepting the Democratic nomination to the public, holding it at a football stadium that can accommodate more than three times the number of people as the main convention site. The Democratic National Convention Committee and the Obama campaign announced on Monday that they would break with tradition and move the final day of convention activities, including the acceptance speech, from the Pepsi Center in Denver to Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, which can hold more than 75,000. The Pepsi Center seats about 20,000. “The Democratic Party is nominating a true change candidate this August, and it is only fitting that we make some big changes in how we put on the Convention,” Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman, said in a statement. “By bringing the last night of the Convention out to the people, we will be able to showcase Barack Obama’s positive, people-centered vision for our country in a big way.” The D.N.C.C. said a portion of the tickets to the final night of the convention on Aug. 28 will be made available to Colorado residents. Details about how to sign up for one of the “community credentials” will be released in the coming weeks. Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, said that Mr. Obama “has made it a priority to open up the political process” and bring in new voters. “That was the thinking behind Senator Obama accepting the Democratic nomination at Denver’s Invesco Field,” he said. To be sure, there is some symbolic value in the switch as well. In 1960 John F. Kennedy chose to leave the convention hall to give his acceptance speech at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of tens of thousands of supporters. And, in another nod to history, the last night of this year’s Democratic convention coincides with the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”

Brills! I love it. It really feels like things are coming along nicely in the Obama campaign. All symbolism aside, the campaign has been doing an excellent job of hitting all the perfect points along the way — right from the very beginning. I think it says a lot about the candidate that he is making such a public show of including as many people in the process as possible. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it up until election day, Barack Obama is my candidate … he will bring indescribable yet positive change to the way our country is run. I really wish there was a way I could be in Denver, CO for this historic night. It sounds like it’s going to be an amazing experience … and the start of a new beginning for the United States of America :)

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