CNN has called Montana for Obama.

I may be live-blogging his speech. This is history.

9:02 PM: Wow. 20,000 people are there to hear Obama. That is awesome.

9:05 PM: Here is an idea. Clinton wants people to write in and tell her how much they love her. We should write in and tell her to stop. Tell her that it is over.

9:09 PM: Intro song: U2's Beautiful Day. It most definitely is a beautiful day.

9:13 PM: "We mark one historic journey with the beginning of another."

9:15 PM: "Because of you, I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States of America." HELL YEA!!!!!

9:16 PM: "We should be proud that our Part put together one of the most talented fields ever to run for office." That is true, IMO.

"And that is particularly true of the candidate who has traveled further than anyone else."

"Sen. Clinton has made history in this campaign. She has made history not just because she is a woman ... but because she is a leader." Very nice. Very true.

"Our party and our country are better off because of Hillary Clinton." Also true.

9:19 PM: He is really talking up Hillary, and showing her a lot well-deserved respect.

9:20 PM: "We don't just need to change the party in Washington, but we need to change Washington." Good line... but I am cynical that any actual change of Washington will occur. But it sure sounds inspiring.

9:23 PM: "I honor, we honor, the service of John McCain. And I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine." HAHA. Great line.

9:23 PM: "Its not change when you stand with George Bush 95% of the time."

"There are many words to describe John McCain's attempt to pass off his embrace of George Bush’s policies as bipartisan and new. But change is not one of them." Heh.

9:26 PM: He is clearly running against McCain now. He gave his respects to Clinton, and is moving on to November. And man, Obama sounds good going after McCain's policies.

9:28 PM: He is talking policy now... and doing it well. He doesn't sound wonky, but he is stressing what he will emphasize - diplomacy, building the economy, helping working families. He isn't giving any details, but he does not need to. He is inspiring us to care about policy. How many people can inspire people to care about policy?

9:32 PM: Crowd: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!

9:37 PM: "America - this is our moment! This is our time!" Goose bumps. I am inspired. I am ecstatic. This is f'n history, my friends.

9:41 Damn, that was good. Damn, that was inspiring.

I am seriously tearing up.

This is amazing. This is powerful.

YES. WE. CAN.

YES. WE. DID.

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