Last night brought to an end the Democratic Convention, where Barack Obama accepted the Democrats‘ nomination to be the party’s candidate in the 2008 race for the White House.The crowd filling Denver’s 76,000-seat Mile High Stadium and the opening acts by superstars Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder.

In his speech, the candidate laid out what he would do for the country if elected: cut taxes for working families, get out of Iraq, end dependency on foreign oil and make affordable health care accessible to all. With words that brought the crowd to its feet, Obama appealed to the compassion of the individual. “That’s the promise of America,” he said, “the fundamental belief that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper.”