To thunderous chants of "Ritter! Ritter! Ritter!," gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter and U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar along with a stage full of local, state, and federal candidates urged hundreds of volunteers to close out the final days of the campaign with energy and intensity.
Six months ago, when Ritter accepted the Democratic Party's nomination in Greeley, he said the election would come down to hope vs. cynicism. "I couldn't have been more right," Ritter told today's crowd. "We have seen the politics of cynicism, the politics of trying to scare people, the politics of focusing on things that have nothing to do with the future."
"My family and I have lived the Colorado Promise," Ritter added. "I want to make sure that promise is extended to every person in Colorado. Barbara O'Brien and I will invest in the promise of Colorado. We will do everything we can to make sure that the state we turn over to our children and grandchildren will be better than the one we found."