DENVER – Governor Steve Beshear’s speech to Kentucky’s Democratic National Convention delegates in Denver on Wednesday framed the potential election of his party’s presidential nominee in no uncertain terms.

“I don’t think, since Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954, will there be one singular moment that will make a bigger difference in race relations in this country than when on November the 4th we elect Barack Obama,” said Beshear, referencing the Supreme Court decision that laid the framework for school desegregation..

Beshear said the convention this year was of “historic” proportions due to the heavy involvement of the Democratic presidential primary’s foremost two candidates – Obama and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).

“Those two people in one single year are going to make a bigger difference for our country in what they have done, in what they have gone through in these campaigns, in how they have debated these issues, in how they are going to lead us to a great victory,” said Beshear.

The first-term governor also presented a slightly less dramatic historical perspective on the convention for Kentucky’s delegates.

“I am proud of you,” Beshear told the assembled delegates Wednesday morning. “We’ve got the best delegation we’ve ever had at a Democratic National Convention.”

Beshear also put on his political analyst hat, arguing that an event from Tuesday’s DNC delegation breakfast may have an impact on Kentucky’s Senate race.

The Governor referenced U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler’s (D-Versailles) one-day old endorsement of Democratic senate candidate Bruce Lunsford as a boost to Lunsford’s candidacy.

“He came in here yesterday and stepped up and really created more momentum for Bruce Lunsford by endorsing him,” said Beshear.

Chandler’s endorsement came five years after he ran in a contentious Democratic gubernatorial primary against Lunsford.