ColoradObama: "It rippled with the kind of enthusiasm found at victory rallies."

By GottaLaff

Oh, what the hell... let's revel:

Roaring toward the finish, Barack Obama presided Sunday over two Colorado rallies that together drew about 150,000 people, a startling turnout in a key swing state. [...]

Smelling victory, supporters even lined the steps of the Capitol, which was so far away from the stage that the people there needed binoculars just to hope to see Obama.

The setting, on a sparkling day in this battleground state, said perhaps more than Obama did in his actual speech. It rippled with the kind of enthusiasm found at victory rallies. [...]

Obama even ended his day in Colorado by calling voters directly.

At an unscheduled stop at a campaign office in Brighton, northwest of Denver, Obama sat down and called about a dozen unsuspecting registered voters. He shuffled from one call to the next as thrilled campaign volunteers kept placing calls and handing him cell phones. [...]

He then told volunteers to keep working through Election Day.

"It'd be terrible if we just kind of let it slip away in that last few days," he said.

His opponent, Republican John McCain, is needling Obama for starting his victory lap without having won anything.

Said McCain of the race on Sunday, "I'm going to win it."

Polls put Obama ahead in Colorado with the number of campaign days remaining now down to single digits.

You just keep telling yourself that, Gramm-pa. You'll win it right after you finish making all those personal calls to voters and gather record-breaking crowds.