Score: Denver: 100,000, Fort Collins: 50,000 (OBAMA) Cedar Falls: 2,000, Zanesville: 5,000 (McCAIN)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a rally in Fort Collins, Colo., Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)



Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. makes voter contact phone calls from the Obama for President office in Brighton, Colo on Sunday Oct. 26, 2008. Colleen McCormick and her daughter, Gracie, 18 months, of Brighton, are seen at left.
(AP Photo/Judy Dehaas, Pool)



Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to supporters as he makes voter contact phone calls at his campaign office in Brighton, Colo., Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. Colleen McCormick and her daughter, Gracie, 18 months, of Brighton, are to the left.
(AP Photo/Judy Dehaas, Pool)

In Colorado, Obama reveled in his largest U.S. crowd to date, with local police estimating that "well over" 100,000 people packed Denver's Civic Center Park and stretched even to the distant steps of the state Capitol. The enthusiastic sea of people prompted a "goodness gracious" from Obama as he took the stage. 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."

At each rambunctious stop Obama portrayed McCain as more of the same, saying, "For eight years, we've seen the Bush-McCain philosophy put our country on the wrong track, and we cannot have another four years that look just like the last eight."

In Cedar Falls, Iowa, McCain campaigned before a much smaller audience, roughly 2,000 people, and chided his Democratic rival: "He's measuring the drapes. ... I prefer to let voters have their say. What America needs now is someone who will finish the race before starting the victory lap."

Later, amid 5,000 people in Zanesville, Ohio, McCain warned of the perils of one-party rule, targeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as vigorously as Obama. "You can imagine Obama, Reid and Pelosi," McCain said. "Tax and spend, tax and spend."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/26/mccains-warning-dangers-o_n_138011.html

[LiberadorHugo]

1. Generic McCain rally...

[renate]

2. great pictures--thanks! n/t

[frazzled]

3. It's cool, but don't confuse rally size with votes

If that were true, Howard Dean would have won Iowa and New Hampshire in the 2004 primaries. He didn't.

Remember that this election will hinge a lot on those low-info voters who don't even turn on the tv, much less go to rallies. I'm not being a Debbie Downer ... it's just a lesson I've learned from working those rallies in the past. I still think we're going to win big ... you can't discount the enthusiasm factor.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Can we judge kinda of by crowd size and polls combined you think?

:shrug:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7618777

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. I'm also thinking about a large, disillusioned chunk of the GOP "base"...

And while I understand the concept of LIVs, there are so many things that are different in 2008. Two terms of the worst President in U.S. history coming to a close, for one. We're all going to know the outcome in a few short days.

:patriot: