The Morning After

And Denver, like a mirage, is free from all things DNC. All that's left is the cleaning, which will be a lot.

David Alire Garcia, UNM poli-sci professor Christine Sierra. and I all sat together at Invesco last night. If you haven't seen them, David has some shots posted right under here from our vantage point on the infamous south end of Invesco.

It was a glorious night for New Mexicans, with Governor Richardson rocking the house during the late afternoon. During his welcoming ovation, the stadium was practically rumbling like an earthquake as everyone was stomping their feet. It's a heck of a sensation. There's clearly big love out there from democrats for him. You had to be happy for him, as being bumped from Wednesday night turned out to be a good thing for him.

I had wrestled with the choice of Invesco for a once in a lifetime experience, or noodling around the city to watch the reaction. Turns out there were huge block parties all over town watching. The one I'd have love to make was a big tent in Five Points, the hub of African American life here in Denver. I talked to some folks who were there while we were all getting a late night meal at The Great Wall (Chinese) restaurant. It sounded like it was rocking.

The Denver Post this morning had a terrific recap of all the festivities around town.

Funny, but the McCain for VP has dominated the news cycle locally. Mission accomplished, if the idea was to wrestle the chatter from The Speech.

On the road south in about 30 minutes, right after I finish up here at the locally owned Dazbog Coffee. Buy local, as they say. More on the week when i get back to the ABQ and let it all settle in a bit more.