Article: Obama reinvents the dream of Luther King ; (1) US ELECTION COUNTDOWN(2) Barnstorming speech sets out his vision for the revival of America

BARACK OBAMA staked his claim for the White House by saying he could revive the American dream.

The Democrat candidate for the presidency launched his formal campaign in a 45-minute speech which was hailed immediately as one of the greatest in American political history.

With echoes of John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King who made his "I have a dream" speech exactly 45 years ago Mr Obama told a 75,000- strong crowd in Denver, Colorado, last night that the election was a chance to bring change to a country tired of eight years of George Bush.

He hinted that Republican rival John McCain's age was his weakness, repeatedly using the future as a theme to emphasise the gulf between their ages.

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