100,000 turn out for Obama in Denver

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Registered: 10-20-2008
100,000 turn out for Obama in Denver
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Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:08pm

I read this in The Dallas Morning News, courtesy of my sister and wondered what the biggest turn out for McCain has been so far? Anyone know?

Obama stirs up Denver with enormous rally

03:18 PM CDT on Sunday, October 26, 2008

Associated Press

DENVER – Back in the city where he claimed history, Barack Obama presided Sunday over a Colorado rally so enormous and energetic that even he seemed surprised at his following.

"Goodness gracious," Obama said as he took the stage and peered at the human mass in Civic Center Park. People packed in all the way up the steps of the Capitol, off in the distance.

The Obama campaign released an initial crowd estimate of 75,000 people. That was later upgraded to "well over" 100,00 people, a tally confirmed by a Denver police spokesman.

The setting, on a sparkling day in this battleground state, said perhaps more than Obama did in his actual speech. His campaign is capitalizing on the scope of such rallies to get people to cast votes early, permitted in Colorado and more than two dozen other states.

"How many people have early voted?" Obama said, eliciting cheers from people bundled up in fleece. "That's what I'm talking about. No point in waiting in lines if you don't have to. You know who you're going to vote for."

Polls put Obama ahead in Colorado with the number of campaign days remaining now down to single digits.

It was here in Denver that Obama, in his groundbreaking campaign, accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at the stadium where the Denver Broncos play. If elected, he would be the first black president of the United States.

"Do you ever have small crowds in Denver?" a smiling Obama said. Members of the crowd interrupted Obama's standard campaign speech with shouts of "Obama!" and "Yes we can!"

Traditionally, Colorado has gone for Republicans in presidential races, including twice for George W. Bush. Obama is trying to snag a win here as part of a multi-route path to capture at least the minimum 270 electoral votes on Nov. 4.

Colorado offers nine such votes.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:11pm
Obviously there must be a lot of commie Europeans in Denver.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:13pm
LOL!
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-25-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:18pm

>>Obviously there must be a lot of commie Europeans in Denver.<<


Well, like,

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Registered: 10-13-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:23pm
Yesterday morning CNN reported ther either Palin or McCain (can't remember) were speaking somewhere and only a crowd of about 1,000 had gathered.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:28pm
I know they were talking about what a large turnout they had in VA, with 20,000 turned out. I wonder how many times Obama has has over 50.000? I might look that up just out of curiosity. If he wins I would love to go to the inauguration in DC but I expect the crowds will be unbelievable. So, instead, if he wins I am taking the day off to watch it on TV.
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Registered: 03-30-2007
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:54pm
You reminded me of something I saw last week on (?) CNN.
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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 6:03pm

You'll like this - it has a couple of "beautiful" pictures to go along with the article from our friends at the Huffington Post. :)

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 6:23pm
Thank you for posting that - it was inspirational.
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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 6:31pm
WOW!!!! More amazing turn out.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:37pm
You're very welcome.

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