The organizers of the convention may designate one of these speeches as the keynote address , one which above all others is stated to underscore the convention 's themes or political goals . For instance , the 1992 Democratic National Convention keynote address was delivered by Georgia Governor Zell Miller , whose stories of an impoverished childhood echoed the economic themes of the nominee , Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton . The 1996 Republican National Convention was keynoted by U.S. Representative Susan Molinari of New York , intended to reassure political moderates about the centrism of the nominee , former Senator Bob Dole . And the 2004 Democratic National Convention featured Senator Barack Obama , whose speech brought the future President national recognition for the first time
2004 Democratic National Convention
2004 Democratic National Convention
United States presidential nominating convention