scenes from the weekend

An estimated 100,000 people crammed into Civic Center Park to hear Barack Obama speak. Hear being the operative word, since there were so many people, and there was no giant screen or anything to show people standing back on the state Capitol lawn what Obama was saying over in front of the City and County Building, but that's how large the crowd was. On a Sunday morning! During hangover hours!



The lines started forming EARLY. Gates didn't open until 10 a.m. but by 9:30ish a.m. the line went from between the Denver library and Denver Art Museum, down 14th, around the corner to Broadway, down Colfax to Bannock, with people standing five wide on the sidewalks. Two hours later (and we even cut in line!) we were finally inside the closed off area of the park.



The crowd filtered in once passing through metal detectors ...





Colorado Democrats like Sen. Ken Salazar and Gov. Bill Ritter made their pitch to get Rep. Mark Udall elected as a senator to take retiring GOP Sen. Wayne Allard's spot. U2's "It's a Beautiful Day," blared from the speakers that were lined up for two blocks and Obama came out.

He talked a little about tax cuts that he says won't affect Americans making less than a quarter million dollars a year, which includes many of us in the crowd and "99 percent of all plumbers," Obama said. He said his health care plan wouldn't affect you if you already have insurance through work, but your premiums would go down. Anyway, you can read more on Obama's health care plan. And you can read more on John McCain's health care plan.

Also from Wall St Journal, read about the candidates and your money

==========

Let us just say this ... The Little Ones played at the Hi-Dive Saturday night and were so, so fun! Sunny Cali-pop for dancing. The full-length album "Morning Tide" is out! Time to buy!

Sir Reyes with sunshine girls: