Walking 16th Street with Bill Ritter: Part 2

What did I learn today that I didn't know before? Two things:

1. There isn't the animosity towards Democrats that there has been in years past. Yeah, Denver tends Democratic. But in the middle of the day in the heart of the business district, it's safe to say that there were a lot of Republicans around. Yet I didn't hear a single epithet hurled my way. That's a huge contrast with the last march I was in, down in Littleton in 2004. This year, most Colorado voters seem ready to put partisanship aside.

2. Ritter's activists are more fired up than the media would lead you to believe. The mainstream media keeps repeating the tired storyline that the Democratic base isn't 100% behind Ritter. That's not true anymore. We're still 90 days out from the election, but you wouldn't have known it from the volume and energy of the crowd that walked behind Ritter.

And to think, Both Ways Bob Beauprez hasn't even chosen a runningmate yet. I fully expect him to choose Gigi Dennis. Then flip-flop and pick Kiki Traylor. And then announce he wanted Lionel Rivera all along.