Colorado Helps Give Obama the White House
Traditionally Red, Colorado Votes Blue
Colorado, traditionally a Republican State had already seen over half of its voters participate in early voting. When the polls opened this morning, no one could predict what would happen.
Steady streams in most areas, and some locally heavy turnouts, seemed to lean towards Obama. Throughout the day, I watched people come and go at various polling stations. Not many were willing to disclose who they voted for.
Now we watch as Obama is given the green light to start measuring the drapes. Colorado helped to put him in that position.
Barack Obama's campaign spent much time and much money in Colorado. Joe Biden came, Michelle came and Obama visited several times, not to mention the Democratic Convention was held here.
The general consensus in Colorado, to assign credit to one group of participants that helped achieve this goal is next to impossible. We have seen here in Colorado an across the board agreement between young and old, black and white, and yes Republican and Independents. Colorado like America has said it doesn't want anymore George Bush Presidents.
Colorado crossed generations and race to work hard for this race. Supporters who had voted already participated in last minute campaigning and offers to get people to the polls. They knocked on doors all day today to make sure people were going to vote.
The effort put forth in Colorado has been a mirror of the sweep across America that Obama has created. He has lifted people up and has brought people from all walks of life together. Colorado Springs, who was the epic center of the Colorado Vote, was transformed when Obama spoke. It wasn't the hatred and negativity of the McCain Campaign. It was doing something to make America better vs doing something to tear her apart.
Colorado has helped to make history and and shown their true desire for change.
Published by Rose Richmond
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In spite of the fact that electing a Demolican was the wrong choice for America, one cannot deny that the U.S. may finally be coming out of its sleepwalk by finally electing a President from a minority. I have already heard some talk that Obama "bought" the election because he had a bigger advertizing budget. To those people I say, if you feel that way, then make your voices heard and try to ban political contributions. Until that day comes, then don't complain. The only instance I know of someone "buying" an election in recentl history is when Bush and an insanely rich enemy of mine spent mucho bucks in 2000 to make sure all the votes that had been cast for me in Florida wound up in Bush's camp.
Hi, Rose! I hope you'll go out to www.weeklywilson.com where you can run the video I shot last night in Grant Park. Some of it is on a phone, sent me by a friend, and I haven't figured out how to "post" it if I didn't shoot it, but I hope it gets up there, one way or another. I also have an 'analysis' of how/why Obama pulled it off, courtesy of some insightful remarks from the DNC and RNC respective chairmans, who were on C-Span "live" today. I would refer people to my "live" blogging to get the accurate figure for how many Hispanic voters come of age daily/weekly/monthly. I think I may have misspoken in quoting the Talking Head from last night and trying to remember it (It's on my "live" blogging that started at 11 EDT and went until 7 a.m. I'm a little fuzzy today, but glad to have been part of history. Nice write-up.
THe voters have cast their ballots and spoken. Nice write-up!
Hurray Colorado!
Hurray Obama...I mean, Obi Won!
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