I have been in headquarters since early this morning where every phone is ringing off the wall. It has been this way since 7:00am. Of course, we also got thousands of calls over the weekend.

The enthusiasm over the election is infectious. I have also been subjected to a lot of email “abuse” from people upset about the caucus process. It certainly gives us a chance to educate folks, although a bit late.

What I did want to share with you is the fact that our message did get out to a lot of people. Between September 1 and December 5, 2007, 18,063 people registered as Democrats with the Secretary of State’s office. And 10,561 people affiliated themselves with Democrats during the same time period. So that means we have over 28,000 new voters in the Colorado Democratic Party.

Anticipating tonight’s turnout, Jefferson County has reported up to 800 caucus goers in a non-Presidential year and 1200 caucus goers in 2004, when we had a Presidential caucus. They are estimating 8,000 participants tonight.

All of this is great for the Party and for democracy.

First, as many of you know, I flew out to the Nevada caucuses to help with all the activities. Unfortunately, 24-hours in I learned that my father had passed away. For those of you who I have not gotten back to, I want to thank you for the outpouring of sympathy. I have appreciated every note, card and flowers.

I came back last Sunday to find an incredible level of activity. I must have done 8 interviews with press on Monday, and as many every day after. Wednesday was a great day for Colorado. Even for me who is trying to maintain her neutrality. I went to both campaign events.

Senator Barack Obama attracted historic crowds at Denver University and surprised everyone with the presence of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. One count was 14,000 people. All I know is that the arena was filled, along with the lacrosse field and the gym.

That night former President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton arrived at DU to speak on behalf of Senator Hillary Clinton. Although there was a snow storm, 3,000 enthusiastic people listened to speeches on behalf of the campaign.

All of this is great for the Colorado Democratic Party. The outpouring on interest and enthusiasm was just what we wanted when we moved up our caucuses to February 5.

Tomorrow, we are hosting a Caucus Rally at Mountain Ridge Middle School. At 1:00pm, I will be joined by Congressman Mark Udall, Mark Benner, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Actress Kerry Washington, and former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe. The address is 10590 Mountain Vista Ridge, Highlands Ranch, CO. Hope to see you there.