The L.A Times wrote today that they had evidence of a rather interesting plan for Obama’s speech which will take place during the Democratic National Convention. The plan essentially is to move out of the actual convention for the speech, to Invesco Field, the home of the Denver Broncos. Because the Pepsi Center in denver can only hold 19K people, Team Obama thinks that a 70,000 person stadium is just the thing for an Obama acceptance speech. The times also notes two interesting things about this idea:

The unusual move, confirmed by two sources, would be an echo of John F. Kennedy’s acceptance speech in 1960. Kennedy delivered his address before thousands of supporters at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Obama’s big moment also would fall on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

When Obama does give this speech, it will be in an open area where just about anyone can access him. It’s kind of an interesting trick, but considering that Obama, like Kennedy, is an excellent orator, it’s the kind of trick that will work splendidly for Barack. Furthermore, one other tactic behind this move is to give an example of just how many people support Obama: So big, even the Democrat’s own convention won’t be able to handle them.

The fact that it is also the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s speech is also of significance, as Obama’s PR team can spin link to King’s speech in one way or another. I don’t know exactly how they will link it, but it might again be on Barack’s ideology of hope compared to King’s. Of course this is speculation, and we’ll have to wait for the speech to see what’s really going on.