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October 26, 2008 4:39 PM

100,000 Greet Obama in Denver

By
Maria Gavrilovic
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Barack Obama
(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(DENVER) - Barack Obama drew a crowd of 100,000, according to police estimates, in his third visit to Colorado since the Democratic Convention. Speaking at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Obama appeared to be stunned by the sea of supporters.

"Goodness gracious! Who are those folks way at the top of the capitol over there? Unbelievable!" he said to cheers.

Obama urged the crowd to vote early, but he was stumped when he realized that he didn't know his campaign's website for the Colorado office.

"If you need any information about how to vote early then make sure to contact our office, I think it's probably C-O dash Obama?" he guessed. But as some in the crowd tried to correct him, Obama paused to ask for help but ultimately gave up and urged supporters to seek help from those who have already voted.

The most recent early vote count in Colorado shows the Democrats and Republicans neck and neck in terms of turnout. Democrats lead the Republicans, 39%-38% according to Secretary of State's office.

Obama devoted some of his speech today to explaining his tax plan, as John McCain and Sarah Palin continue to hammer away at his policy. He called his argument with McCain over taxes an "irony," explaining that wealthy individuals benefit from a prosperous middle class.

"Rich people do better when ordinary folks are doing well," Obama explained.

"Part of the problem with what's happened on Wall Street is that ordinary folks were having trouble paying the bills. They were starting to lose their homes, they were starting to be foreclosed on, and that had an impact on everybody."

He cited Bill Clinton's plan in the 1990s as evidence that his tax plan will help wealthy individuals as well as the middle class.

"I want to go back to the rate that they paid under Bill Clinton," Obama said about his plan for wealthy Americans.

"And by the way they were doing fine under Bill Clinton. In fact they were doing better under Bill Clinton because everybody was doing well."

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by DigPicPhoto October 28, 2008 7:40 PM EDT
You can see photos of Obama in Denver at: http://www.DigPicPhoto.com
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by thefuturesee October 26, 2008 11:08 PM EDT
This is all just my opinion.

I believe that
1. McCain should be watching his back not Obama.
2. Sarah''s book is going to fry McCain like bug under a magnifying glass on a hot day.
3. He said, she was the new light, the change the Republicans have been waiting for, the breath of fresh air.
4. With that, he gave her the power to destroy him and she will do exactly that in her book.
5. Do not think that Sarah hasn''t spoken to her family about that likely possibility of her being president in either scenario McCain winning or losing the election.

You cannot hire a mercenary like Sarah that has loyalty, because they only work for money.

She will use his own weapons of deception against him, with the blessing of the Republican party.

However McCain is not so stupid that he doesn''t see this coming.
What her arrogance hasn''t prepared her for is that he has a plan also.

The plan will have to show her going renegade, out on her own, saying things that get near or crosses the line of credibility. So much so that she and her actions will not be forgotten by the public and will be recorded as proof by the media.

Further, that information has to get leaked to the press from inside the McCain camp to retain the authenticity of the allegations.

That will give him reasonable deniability and provide necessary distraction from her book.
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by celeste47 October 26, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
Olivia4441 has "no experiance" in spelling and not ties to good schools.

Ignorant people should not vote! LOL!

Obama/Biden ''08/''12
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