Seconding Speeches on Behalf of Senator Barack Obama

Seconding Speeches on Behalf of Senator Barack Obama

For more than 15 years, I've been proud to serve the people of South Florida, represented here in a fully-seated Florida delegation. Like so many Americans, like all Democrats, including all of us who campaigned for Hillary Clinton, whose campaign I was proud to co-chair, I know what's at stake in this election. So don't be fooled by any political ad from John McCain.

No matter where we stood at the beginning of this campaign, Democrats stand together today.

We believe passionately in Barack Obama's message of changing the direction of our country.

We support enthusiastically his plans to restore the American dream for American families.

And we stand united, proudly, in our determination to elect Barack Obama. And so, I second his nomination as the next President of the United States of America.

I'm a mother of three young children: my 5-year-old daughter Shelby and my 9-year-old twins Rebecca and Jake. Recently, Jake blurted out: "Mom, when George Bush was elected, I was 1 year old." My children have lived their whole lives under the failed policies of George Bush.

And if John McCain is elected, they'll live their whole childhood under more of the same.

Instead of John McCain, a candidate who thinks that American families are "better off," we need a president, Barack Obama, who knows better, who will give a tax cut - $1,000 every year - to middle-class families so you can pay the bills, afford quality health care, buy a home, and save for retirement.

Instead of a candidate who voted against giving women equal pay for equal work and who says Roe v. Wade should be overturned, we need a president, Barack Obama, who will fight to end the gender wage gap and who will protect a woman's right to choose.

Instead of a candidate who votes against funds for education, against Head Start for children, against Pell Grants for college, we need a president, Barack Obama, who will invest in early childhood education, recruit new teachers, and make college more affordable with tax credits in exchange for community service.

That's the change America deserves, the change Barack Obama will deliver, not just for the privileged few, but for all Americans, men and women, our sons and daughters. It's been said that "children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see." I cannot imagine a more inspiring message than the one my son will someday send to his children: "I was 9 years old when Barack Obama was elected President of the United States of America."

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