Susan Ferrechio
Barack Obama will tone down the lofty rhetoric tonight when he speaks to more than 70,000 people at Invesco Stadium and will focus his speech on the concerns of working and middle class families, his aides said Thursday morning.
Obama will rely upon his staple themes of unity and change, but his presentation will be more „workmanlike,‰ top advisor Anita Dunn said.
“He will be speaking very directly to people’s concerns tonight and making the case for change very directly,” Dunn said.
Obama will tell the crowd “that we need to put everyday Americans, the working families of this nation, the middle class, back as a priority for America‚s government,” Dunn said.
Obama’s speech will follow a lengthy program that will include tributes to President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. King’s son, Martin Luther King III, will give a speech. Former Vice President Al Gore will also speak.
American Idol star Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem and Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner Shawn Johnson will lead the pledge of allegiance.
“I think people are going to see a physical representation of exactly what Barack Obama’s campaign has been all about,” Dunn said of the event.
