Day Three at the DNC saw the party nominate their first ever black candidate, while the Bill Clinton and Joe Biden got their moment in the proverbial sun. Tonight Obama will accept the nod.

The emotional and divisive Democratic contest came to an end as Sen. Barack Obama became the first African-American nominee of a major party, sending him into a tough fall battle against Sen. John McCain.

In a dramatic moment befitting the historic 2008 race, Sen. Obama's rival for the nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, stepped to the floor of the Democratic National Convention here as her home state of New York was called upon to cast its votes. As her face appeared on giant video screens, the crowd let out a roar. She asked that the state-by-state vote be suspended so Sen. Obama could be chosen by acclamation.

Later in the evening, her husband, former president Bill Clinton electrified the crowd with a full-throated endorsement of Sen. Obama, shedding the hesitance he had shown in recent months toward the man who had defeated his wife. The night was capped with an address from the new vice-presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, who spoke of his working-class roots -- an effort to appeal to the pivotal blue-collar Democrats who supported Sen. Clinton and are not yet in the Obama camp.

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