Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

Then Illinois State Senator Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, wave to the crowd at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA. It was the first glimpse of a couple and a scene that voters would see over and over again in the 2008 General Election when Barack Obama won his bid to become President of the United States.

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