It's all over: Years of planning, hours of speech-writing, millions spent on creating the venues to host thousands of Democratic and Republican convention attendees.

What remains are the words that the politicians spoke (or didn't), and the promises they made.

To re-cap those words, we thought we'd create a Wordle gallery of the most notable candidates', spouses', and supporters' speeches.

Wordle is an online application created by IBM's senior software engineer Jonathan Feinberg. Using text entered by its users, it creates visually alluring "word clouds" that show you the frequency at which words occur within that text. The more often a word occurs, the bigger it appears in the cloud.

Michelle Obama

"All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do," said Michelle Obama Monday night, the opening night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. "That we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack’s journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope."*

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Mark Warner

"America has never been afraid of the future, and we shouldn't start now," said former Virginia Governor Mark Warner during his keynote speech during the second night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Warner supports net neutrality, and he's running to be a Virginia senator. Image: Wordle.net

Hillary Clinton

"Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose. We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines," said Hillary Clinton Tuesday night at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Picture: Wordle.net

Edward Kennedy

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__"Yes, we are all Americans. This is what we do. We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I’ve seen it. I’ve lived it. And we can do it again," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, in an emotional speech delivered on Tuesday, the second night of the convention. Kennedy was not expected to be at the convention because of his health. "There is a new wave of change all around us, and if we set our compass true, we will reach our destination — not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our nation." Image: Wordle.net

Joe Biden

"Now, despite being complicit in this catastrophic foreign policy, John McCain says Barack Obama isn’t ready to protect our national security," said Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, during his Wednesday speech when he accepted his party's vice presidential nomination. "Now, let me ask you: Whose judgment should we trust? Should we trust John McCain’s judgment when he said only three years ago, “Afghanistan—we don’t read about it anymore because it’s succeeded”? Or should we trust Barack Obama, who more than a year ago called for sending two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan?"

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Barack Obama

"Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves – protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology," said Barack Obama during his Aug. 28 speech accepting his party's nomination to be president. "I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow," he promised.

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John McCain

"We need to change the way government does almost everything: from the way we protect our security to the way we compete in the world economy; from the way we respond to disasters to the way we fuel our transportation network; from the way we train our workers to the way we educate our children," said John McCain as he accepted his party's nomination for president at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. "All these functions of government were designed before the rise of the global economy, the information technology revolution, and the end of the Cold War. We have to catch up to history, and we have to change the way we do business in Washington."

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George W. Bush

"I'm optimistic because I have faith in freedom's power to lift up all of God's children, and lead this world to a future of peace," said President Bush on Tuesday, Sep. 2 from the White House via satellite. "And I'm optimistic about something else: When the debates have ended, and all the ads have run, and it is time to vote, Americans will look closely at the judgment, the experience, and the policies of the candidates – and they will cast their ballots for the McCain-Palin ticket."

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Sarah Palin

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities," said the Republican party's vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin during her highly-anticipated acceptance speech, delivered Wednesday, Sept. 3. Palin, the governor of Alaska, was widely applauded for her speaking skill and poise after a rough first week in the national spotlight. "I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening."

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Joe Lieberman

"So tonight, I ask you whether you are an Independent, a Reagan Democrat or a Clinton Democrat, or just a Democrat: This year, when you vote for President, vote for the person you believe is best for the country, not for the party you happen to belong to," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut to television viewers and to attendees of the 2008 Republican National Convention on Tuesday September 2 in an effort to woo independents whose top issue is national security.

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__Cindy McCain

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"I was taught Americans can look at the world and ask either: what do other countries think of us ... or we can look at ourselves and ask: What would our forefathers make of us and what will our children say of us? That's a big challenge. In living up to it, we know the security and prosperity of our nation is about a lot more than just politics," said Cindy McCain, who spoke at the 2008 Republican National Convention on Thursday, September 4 just before her husband took the stage to accept his party's nomination.

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