(Photo by Congressional Quarterly)
From Reuters:
"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple.
... Some 80,000 supporters will see Obama appear from between plywood columns painted off-white, reminiscent of Washington's Capitol building or even the White House, to accept the party's nomination for president.
As ABC News notes, "The celebrity-like trappings of Obama's Thursday's speech may have given the Republicans new ammo."