DNC - Day 4 - Stadium Rock, Obama Style!

August 28, 8:58 PMPop Culture ExaminerDominic Patten

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SIGNED, SEALED BUT CAN HE DELIVER?

Barack Obama has been using Stevie Wonder's Seventies classic "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" as his soundtrack for most the campaign and now the legendary singer just belted it out in front of tens of thousands at Invesco Field in Denver.

There's been John Legend, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Oscar winner Jennifer Dreamgirls Hudson will sing the National Anthem, Sheryl Crow sang "A Change Would Do You Good", and former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald is playing later.

Oh yeah, and there's an elaborate set, Oprah's walking around and some guy named Al Gore and a young upstart called Barack Obama are going to speak as well.

And there's a rumor that Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen are going to sing a song or two later.

Is this the last day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention or the Grammys?

Looks and sounds like a bit of both.

Even FoxNews' Chris Wallace said that "you may not like Barack Obama's politics, but you have to like his taste in music."

The past three days, I've been riding the Democrats on constantly dropping the TV ball and playing to the divisions in the party and the crowd inside the Pepsi Center and not the wider potential viewing and voting audience.

The polls show the Democrats ponied up a bit of bump in the polls the past few day, but  they've decided to save the best for last. The headliner, on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have A Dream" speech, needs to hope that's the case and that he's gonna grab the prize.

A little bit of JFK - who gave his 1960 acceptance speech outside in LA -, a little bit of MLK, a few pyrotechnics and a whole lotta rock'n'roll.

While that be enough to introduce Barack Obama to America?

The Democrats need to hope tonight's the case.

Will it be enough?