Both candidates reassert confidence in final week
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Another enormous swarm — an estimated 45,000 to 50,000 — greeted him in Fort Collins later on the Colorado State University lawn.
Another enormous swarm — an estimated 45,000 to 50,000 — greeted him in Fort Collins later on the Colorado State University lawn.
Sen. Barack Obama was near the end of his well-worn stump speech at Colorado State University on Sunday, when he got to one of those lines that always makes his college audiences listen a little more closely.
“Musgrave spent the first months of the campaign … attempting to appear more moderate and distance herself from President Bush,” said Kyle Saunders, a political scientist at Colorado State University.
Nine days before the Nov. 4 election in a state considered crucial to both parties, the hordes of devoted, sunglasses-wearing spectators at Civic Center and at Colorado State University provided a stunning statement of Obama’s drawing power.
“It’s easy, it’s fun,” Obama joked during a rally at Colorado State University.
Hours later, at Colorado State University, another 45,000 turned out to see him.
Another enormous swarm — an estimated 45,000 to 50,000 — greeted him in Fort Collins later on the perhaps aptly named Colorado State University lawn; it’s known as “The Oval.”
“If Obama wins this state, it’s indicative of other things happening around the country,” said Bob Duffy, a Colorado State University political scientist. “This is a state that McCain should win.”
Envirofit works out of Colorado State University’s Engines & Energy Conversion Laboratory.
Another enormous swarm greeted him in Fort Collins later on the perhaps aptly named Colorado State University lawn; it’s known as “The Oval.”