This afternoon I attended the event at the Sherman Event Center. The lines were two blocks long around the corner. More than 1200 people packed the main upstairs room. Senator Obama met with a small group of people and then went upstairs to address the enthusiastic crowd. As he said to me, he is drawing a lot of new people into the Democratic party. And my response was that there are lots of young people in this audience. As the chair of the party I will remain uncommitted, but it is good to see the excitement in the room.

Following this event, Jim Crowe hosted a fundraiser for the Senator’s presidential campaign. About 240 people attended the event and raised over $500,000 for the Obama for President campaign. I particularly enjoyed is comments about the fact that politics is not a game. We are dealing with the lives of real people throughout the country. They have hopes and aspirations. We are responsible for finding solutions.

We look forward to the dialogue ahead as the candidates for president visit the state of Colorado.

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