Sen. Barack Obama will finally deliver his keynote speech tonight at the Democratic Convention.

What do you think he has to do to tonight to wow everyone?

After the jump, my take and his 2004 speech at the Democratic convention when he left us all picking our jaws up off the floor. (Be sure to check out something interesting that happens at 16:30.)

We all know that the number one issue people have with Obama is his relative inexperience in politics on the national level. This needs to be the one thing that he debunks in his speech tonight. How should he do it? He needs to bring up the people with experience who support him. He needs to propose some concrete solutions without getting boring, and without losing any of the emotional appeal. He should, and probably will, try to shift the argument from the importance of experience to the importance of good judgment.

He needs to hammer away at how he will use the power of the presidency of the United States. The phrase, “When I am president, I will…” needs to have a concrete answer. We like hearing from people who use that phrase and complete it assertively and with conviction.

He needs to take on some of McCain’s negative ads and use it to reflect the need for a new kind of politics. He should use the ads to differentiate the old-school politics from the politics in which he believes.

And finally, he needs to deliver a speech that drives home those same messages on “value” that he delivered in the 2004 speech (which you can find below). It’s the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Expect that to come up tonight, as well.

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