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Reports are coming in that Barack Obama's Colorado appearances today were record breaking. One Democratic Party insider says that the Denver Rally pulled in over 100,000 supporters.

I was within a softball toss of Barack in Fort Collins. One early estimate claims 45,000 attended; it sure looked like a lot more than that to me.  The Eastern half of the CSU Oval was filled with people, and more were crowded into the Southwest quarter of the Oval.

If I were priviledged enough...I would paste in one of my low-res pictures of the crowd.  But, even Barack said that the setting was incredible.  The trees surrounding the Oval were in full color.

Barack's message has evolved, even from the acceptance speach at Mile High.  Focused, positive and thoroughly inspiring.

I was struck by several uses of "the future" today.  Each time was full of hope and desire for the best for all Americans.  Barack's comments were on-target for a number of topics:  the economy, healthcare, primary education, secondary education, jobs and how John McCain is out of touch.

The program started with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance and an a capella performance of the National Anthem.  Betsy Markey gave one of her best speaches as did Governor Bill Ritter.

Other news organizations will have a full transcript of the speach.  The press contingent was impressive.  But, news coverag does not compare to being there...being there to see the future President.


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By Payday Loan Advocate Nov 3rd 2008 at 12:17 am EST (Updated Nov 3rd 2008 at 12:17 am EST)
We have all been hearing endless testimony from a lot of people about a left leaning bias in the media. No concrete examples were ever provided, and yet the ranting and raving continued ad infinitum, even ad nauseam. However, it looks as though there may actually be something to it. Jonah Goldberg of the National Review Online offers a different explanation: reporters are just favoring the frontrunner. As he puts it, “most of the reporters covering campaigns want to be rewarded with White House correspondence jobs.” They might also just want ease of access to the next President of the United States. John Harris and Jim VandeHei of Politico offer a different view. They report that a study from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, funded by the Pew Research Center, found that over 60% of McCain stories were negative, with Obama having twice the number of positive coverage than McCain. VandeHei states in a video opinion that members of the GOP may be playing the blame game at the end of the campaign trail. “There’s always a pile on at the end of a campaign,” he says, but he opines that criticism of McCain has been due to his policies and campaign strategies. Journalists, it seems, love a frontrunner with momentum, and that seems to be what Obama what is giving them. Momentum can be restored to your budget with quick cash loans, if you need one, but it is only temporary. Is it possible that someone other than the frontrunner can bring lasting change to America?

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