thedailyfeed: Think speeches at the Republican or Democratic National Conventions don’t matter? Well, consider this: Barack Obama almost certainly wouldn’t be president today if not for his stirring keynote address during the 2004 DNC when he was just an Illinois state legislator. And so, with both the RNC and DNC approaching, we decided to rank the best and worst convention speeches in recent years.  The campaign veterans PRWeek spoke with agreed that convention speeches - especially the nominees’ - are still make-or-break, defining moments of a campaign.

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Think speeches at the Republican or Democratic National Conventions don’t matter? Well, consider this: Barack Obama almost certainly wouldn’t be president today if not for his stirring keynote address during the 2004 DNC when he was just an Illinois state legislator.

And so, with both the RNC and DNC approaching, we decided to rank the best and worst convention speeches in recent years. 

The campaign veterans PRWeek spoke with agreed that convention speeches - especially the nominees’ - are still make-or-break, defining moments of a campaign.

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