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Join us as we reminisce on this long campaign season beginning with the Colorado Republican Party's state convention to Election Day preparations in Denver.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama broke into tears in front of a crowd of 25,000 at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte as he broke the news that his grandmother Madelyn Dunham had died Sunday night in Hawaii. "She was a quiet hero," Obama said of the woman who raised him as a young boy. On the eve of the election, wiping tears from his cheeks, Obama told the crowd, "In just one more day, we have the opportunity to honor all those quiet heroes all across America."

Step back in time to the distant past of late August. Barely six and a half weeks ago, the Democratic National Convention had just concluded on an historic high note, the polls were tied, and we'd never heard of Troopergate, aerial wolf killing, John McCain was running an honorable campaign and the economy hadn't yet locked up.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is pretty chummy with the Barack Obama campaign, and spoke at his latest Colorado campaign stop in Westminster. Now, Ritter has sent an e-mail to Obama's listserv, reminding supporters to register to vote. The missive, entitled "It's close in Colorado" was sent out around 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Nearly 10,000 students greeted Michelle Obama Wednesday morning to energize youth voters at the University of Colorado's Farrand Field. View the slideshow inside.

When Sarah Palin picked "Denali" as her Secret Service code name, was she subtly mocking Bob Schaffer?

As I’ve made clear before I’m not a huge fan of the protesters here in Denver, but is it legal to surround them on all sides, hold them there, kick out the media, and then pepper spray everyone who’s left? Who couldn’t get out? The video available here on the Colorado Independent gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Read more of Jeff's commentaries: • Hickenlooper can throw one hell of a party • Thanks for turning my city into a fortress • 'Saturday Night Fever' at the DNC • C-SPAN tricks its ride • I love me some Police State’n, yeah!

It was a speech about family, about humble beginnings and about Barack Obama. As the first night of the Democratic National Convention kicked off, a long list of speakers touted Obama as American, as middle-class, as a guy just like you.

As predicted, the AP just confirmed Sen. Ted Kennedy will speak at the DNC tonight. The Massachusetts senator, an early and galvanizing supporter of Barack Obama's campaign, arrived in Denver Sunday night.