michelle's final rally

unexpectedly took place in littleton this afternoon.  we paused our volunteer efforts after pushing scores of door hangers in north park hill and headed to a high school gym for michelle obama's final rally of the campaign.

benediction- some old guy, it was great.  very heartfelt talk about humanity and the earth

2nd- congressman earl perlmutter, or something like that, who currently represents the district

3rd- governor bill ritter (this is our 3rd time to see him speak).  hoarse as always, and pretty genuine.

4th- senator salazar (our second witness) gave a low-key address which highlighted his work with barack in the senate

5th- senate candidate mark udall (2nd as well) was the most fired up of all- he is running for office

and finally michelle.  her speech covered a number of topics and was touched by the passing of barack's grandmother earlier in the day.  i, like most of the crowd, had not heard the news and it was a stirring recognition.  she started off very strong admiring the work of young people in the campaign, how barack had inspired them, believed in them, and to whom he ultimately intrusted his campaign.  she does not come off with the smoothest delivery and that is an asset to her likability.  she closed with a story about a young girl she had met in a barbershop before the scarolina primary and it was quite effective.  

we spotted the same ridiculous spaz guy from the hillary clinton rally.  he shouted 'we love you' repeatedly at both railies and i liked how michelle just gave a cold look in his general direction.  

after the rally she made the rounds, really doling out the hugs, especially to the elders.  i told her 'great speech michelle.'  and she said thanks as we shook hands.  and then i said 'it was quite something.'  another brush with the obamas