Selected Speeches from the 2004 Democratic National Convention
Boston, MA   July 26-29, 2004

Selected Prime Time Speeches
- Texts as provided by the DNCC unless otherwise indicated -
Mon. July 26
Tues. July 27
Wed. July 28
Thurs. July 29
Former President Jimmy Carter
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton
Sen. Ted Kennedy
Keynote Speech - Barack Obama
Teresa Heinz Kerry
Elizabeth Edwards
Sen. John Edwards

(biographical film)
Former Sen. Max Cleland
Sen. John F. Kerry



The Former Candidates
Mon. July 26
Tues. July 27
Wed. July 28
Thurs. July 29
4:00-7:00

4:00-7:00

4:00-7:00

4:00-7:00



7:00-9:00
Former Vice President Al Gore
7:00-9:00
Rep. Richard Gephardt
Amb. Carol Moseley-Braun

7:00-9:00
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rev. Al Sharpton

Sen. Bob Graham


7:00-9:00
Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.)
Sen. Joseph Lieberman
9:00-11:00
9:00-11:00
Gov. Howard Dean
9:00-11:00
9:00-11:00
Note: Gore, of course did not make a White House run in 2004, but he was seen as a prospective candidate in 2001-02.


Interest Group Leaders
As identified in the speaker schedules published each day by the DNCC.

Mon. July 26
Tues. July 27
Wed. July 28
Thurs. July 29
4:00-7:00
Edward McElroy
President, American Federation of Teachers
Gloria Feldt
President, Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Marca Bristo
President and CEO, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago

4:00-7:00
Elizabeth Cavendish
Interim President, NARAL Pro-Choice America
Deb Callahan
President, League of Conservation Voters
James Hoffa
President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Reg Weaver
President, National Education Association

4:00-7:00
Raul Yzaguirre
President and CEO, National Council of La Raza
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper

Cheryl Jacques
President, Human Rights Campaign
Harold Schaitberger
President, International Association of Firefighters

4:00-7:00
Anna Burger,
Secretary-Treasurer,
SEIU and Teri Murphy,
registered nurse and member,
SEIU Local 199, Dubuque, Iowa
Richard Trumka
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
The Honorable Kweisi Mfume
President, NAACP



7:00-9:00
7:00-9:00
7:00-9:00
7:00-9:00
John Sweeney
President, AFL-CIO
9:00-11:00
9:00-11:00
9:00-11:00
9:00-11:00