Greg Gerber posted on October 09, 2008 09:19
STERLING, Colo. – Former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer rolled through the Eastern Plains on an RV wrapped in logos for Barack Obama's presidential campaign Wednesday, launching a three-day tour to talk to voters about the Democrat's policies for rural America.
“You're in enemy territory, you know?” Fort Collins resident Jim Cordsen told campaign staffers during a stop at a gas station in Sterling. Cordsen, a registered Republican, said he is supporting Obama this year.
The RV was visiting Sterling, Fort Morgan, Windsor and Greeley on Wednesday, before heading to cities including Canon City in southern Colorado and Olathe on the Western Slope the next two days. It's part of Obama's efforts to campaign hard across all of Colorado, not just big cities or Democratic strongholds.
At one point, the RV held Romer, Gov. Bill Ritter, Sen. Ken Salazar and Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Stulp, all Colorado Democrats who grew up on farms.
Colorado is considered a battleground by Democrats and Republicans, and Obama is not taking any vote for granted, campaign officials said. Earlier this week, McCain's campaign stopped in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver on a bus tour with veterans.
“The world does not begin and end in Denver, Colorado,” Salazar said. “There will be no place too small for Barack Obama. That is the statement we want to make on this tour.”
In Greeley, Salazar took the wheel of the RV and drove through downtown honking the horn, shaking hands from his window with University of Northern Colorado students and giving the thumbs up to pedestrians. Some waved back. Two people gave him the thumbs down.
SOURCE: SignOnSanDiego