VP Biden Town Hall Ticket Snafu

Clueless Joe Biden's "town hall" had ticket issues this morning:

Coloradans who dutifully lined up at the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown this morning got a rude shock when they were told the tickets to see Vice President Joe Biden in Denver this afternoon were gone before the give-away was supposed to begin.

But for some, there was a happy ending.

Biden's office had said that members of the public who wanted to see the veep speak at 2 p.m. town hall at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science could go to the downtown hotel at 9 a.m. to get tickets on a first-come, first-served basis.

Apparently, those who arrived earlier than 9 a.m. were served first, leaving no tickets for anyone else.
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Jay Carney, spokesman for Biden, said there was "an innocent jumping of the gun" on the part of some advance staffers. People were already lined up before 9 a.m., and so the staffers started handing out tickets.

Carney said the room where Biden was speaking only held 180, and he estimated there were only a little over 30 tickets that were available to the general public.

Not much of a "town hall" is it when only 30 tickets are available to the general public?

And this was to be a town hall about the "middle class"--built through a "green economy."

John McCain Concedes Colorado By Campaigning in Denver, Durango On Friday

**SP's Colorado election results and analysis

The McCain-Palin ticket is clearly giving up on Colorado by announcing a two-stop McCain visit on Friday:

McCain will start his day Friday at the National Western Arena. Doors open at 7:30 a.m., with the program starting at 9 a.m. Free tickets are required and may be picked up at the campaign office at 6334 S. Racine Circle in Centennial.

He'll speak at the Durango High School football field at 5 p.m., with doors opening at 3 p.m. To get a ticket, RSVP online at www.johnmccain.com.

The Durango stop will be the first one by a major party presidential candidate since John F. Kennedy campaigned there in 1960, according to the Durango Herald.

Does McCain face an uphill battle in Colorado? Yes. But the actions of the campaign have clearly indicated a move to retain Colorado and its 9 electoral votes--despite the many wishes of Democrats and the compliant MSM.

Battleground Colorado: Sarah Palin Interview; "First Dude" A Rockstar; Biden "Blitz"

The battle of the VPs continues in Colorado--first up, a look back at Sarah Palin's whirlwind tour of Colorado, where record turnouts (22000 in Grand Junction alone) were marred by security snafus, the MSM tried its hand at voter suppression, and protesters decided to block Palin's motorcade in Grand Junction.

And the knock on Palin for not engaging with the MSM?

Maybe it's more about the quality than the quantity.

Sarah Palin's full interview with Adam Schrager of 9NEWS (so much for the MSM memes of being held back, or being incoherent on policy).

Meanwhile the "First Dude" of Alaska, Todd Palin, stuck around Colorado Tuesday to continue stumping on behalf of the McCain/Palin ticket--and has a "rockstar" following of his own.

Gaffetastic Joe "The Senator" Biden is also in Colorado, as part of a two day stump that will take him from Greeley to Commerce City today, and Colorado Springs and Pueblo tomorrow--and it appears that Obama '08 is still running against Bush, and Biden is defending his own statements about Obama being tested:

“If it looks like a Bush, if it sounds like a Bush, if it votes like a Bush, it’s a Bush economic policy."
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Touching on his controversial comment this week that Obama likely will face a world crisis in his first months on the job, Biden told the Greeley audience that “every great president sees crisis as an opportunity” to make America greater.. “I believe Barack Obama will be a great president.”

The Rocky blogged his appearance at UNC in Greeley.

**Update--Meghann McCain will be in Colorado Thursday to promote her new book about her father:

Book Signing
"My Dad, John McCain"
with

Meghan McCain

WHEN: Thursday, Oct 23rd 4:00 pm

WHERE: Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester Street
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Sarah Palin In Colorado--Loveland Rally Update

"Obama calls it spreading the wealth; Joe Biden calls it patriotic. But Joe the Plumber said it sounded to him like socialism. Now is not the time to experiment with socialism"--Gov. Sarah Palin in Loveland, Colorado

Jeremy Pelzer of PolitickerCO has the details (complete video of Palin's Loveland appearance):

Bill Ayers who? For Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, on Monday, it was all about all Joe the Plumber.

Palin focused on attacking her Democratic opponents' domestic policy -- especially taxes and energy -- during a Monday afternoon rally in Loveland.

"Our opponent is not candid with you about his plans for taxes," Palin told a cheering crowd at the Budweiser Events Center.

Palin criticized Obama's claim that he will cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans.

"The problem with that, is that more than 40 percent pay no income taxes at all," Palin said. "So how can you cut income taxes for folks who don't pay them? He's gonna cut them a check and he'll call that a tax credit. And where's he going to get the money to cut those checks? By raising taxes on all of you, the hardworking Americans who own a small business; and homeowners just like you -- and just like Joe the Plumber."

The event itself may have been marred by event logistics that resulted in many hundreds of Palin fans that were apparently left out in the cold. The events center was not filled to capacity but not because of a failure of people showing up--strong murmurs of security incompetence and a lack of planning by the event, arena, and security staff meant that many who showed up to see Palin and stood for hours in line never in fact made it through security on time. This merely served to confirm observations by those in the press area who couldn't figure out how so many people outside were filling just a small portion of the arena inside. Those who did manage to make it inside spoke of missing everything but the Hank Williams Jr. introduction with Palin.

Palin sat down with 9NEWS' Adam Schrager and Your Show during her stop on the Front Range--the full video will be broadcast on the 10pm show and posted online shortly thereafter.

Joe The Senator--Joe Biden To Stump In Colorado Next Week

Details haven't been announced yet, but Biden will visit Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sarah Palin VP Debate Liveblog

By Ben DeGrow and some of the Peoples Press Collective/RMA 2.0 contributors.

Where will the illustrious El Presidente be?

Taking an accounting exam, which is a little like listening to one of Joe Biden's speeches--painful and dreadfully pointless.