You know when you get off your flight and you head to the terminal… and there’s an area right when you exit were all these people are standing around, holding signs, and waiting for their loved ones?  Well imagine that but replace them with 20 to 25 “Obama 08″ signs and you’ve just arrived in Denver.

(I wonder how many people said, “We’ll meet you at the exit.  I’ll be holding the Obama 08 sign!”)

Camera crews, people with badges, police with big ass clubs and even bigger guns, protesters, hippies, Republicans… they’re all here.  This place is a madhouse.  Denver is on security LOCK DOWN and it’s obviously no joke.  For someone who wants to sneak into the convention, it’s rather intimidating, ahem.  But give me a minute to get used to it and I’ll figure out something.  Here are some scenes from the ground…

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16th Street, downtown Denver
 

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This was the first thing that was handed me on the street.
(Was it the hair?) 

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Securi-tay.

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Capital Building.

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