Senator Barack Obama asks, "Do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain's going to bring change? Do you think John McCain and Dick Cheney have been talking about how to shake things up, and get rid of the lobbyists and the old boys club in Washington?"

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"But now suddenly, John McCain says he is about change, too. He even started using some of my lines. Suddenly he says he wants 'to turn the page.' He had an ad today that he started running that he and Gov. Palin would bring the change that we need. He had this in an advertisement. Sound familiar? Let me tell you something, instead of borrowing my lines he needs to borrow our ideas," Obama said.

He followed up with a dig on lobbyists, saying "if you think those lobbyists are working day and night for John McCain just to put themselves out of business, well then I've got a bridge to sell you up in Alaska." [emphasis added]

"Over the last few weeks, I was back home on our ranch and traveling through most of Colorado. Everywhere I went, you see the effects of the last eight years. Jobs are disappearing. Health care is costing too much. And the cost of energy is through the roof. For farmers, diesel is costing more than four dollars a gallon. We simply can't afford it any more. Enough is enough.

"Democrats are working for change, and it starts with being honest about our energy future. We consume 25 percent of the world's oil, but we have less than 3 percent of the world's oil reserves. We simply can't drill our way to energy independence.

"In Colorado, we're doing our part on drilling. We have more than 34,000 active gas wells. And we're going to drill a whole lot more in the coming years.

"But we also know that drilling alone is not sufficient. Yet that was the only idea that John McCain and his friends at the Republican National Convention offered. ‘Drill, baby, drill' – that's not enough. We need it all.

"We need to replace the oil we import from countries that don't like us with alternative energy sources that we produce right here at home. Biofuels. Wind. Solar. Hydrogen. Geothermal. Clean Coal. American energy, American jobs. That's what we need.

"With the help of our farmers and ranchers and with Americans' hard work and ingenuity, we can grow our way to energy independence. To do it, though, we have to pass the tax incentives for renewable energy that Senator McCain and Republicans in the Senate have been blocking and opposing for months and years. We need an Apollo project that retools Detroit so that we can run our cars on the alternative fuels that we develop. And we need to give consumers a choice at the pump. Why not fill up with biofuels, if they're cheaper than gas? Why not have cars that get 100 miles to a gallon?

"Democrats are trying to solve these problems because we believe and know we can. President Bush and John McCain do not. All they want is more of the same.

"This week in the Senate, that choice will be clear as day. Democrats will be offering comprehensive energy solutions.

"I'm part of a small group of Senators from both parties who are working together to find bipartisan solutions to energy that we can all agree upon. But the thing is this: it's going to take more than a handful of Republicans who agree that we need a comprehensive energy plan. President Bush and Senator McCain have failed to show any leadership on this issue for the last eight years.

"Republicans have to decide whether they just want to talk about our energy problems on the campaign trail, or whether they will work with Democrats to actually solve them. If you're tired of $4 gasoline, if you're tired of a whole lot of talk without any action, if you're saying enough is enough, I hope you will tell President Bush, Senator McCain, and Members of Congress that it is time for honest solutions to our energy problems.

"This is United States Senator Ken Salazar from Colorado. Have a wonderful weekend."

My dad would be so proud to see a new generation gathered here in Colorado—the heart of the West—ready to lead that change. Ready to make this country work again. And ready for Barack Obama and Joe Biden!

It’s fitting to have the eyes of the nation on Colorado. It’s fitting that the change we need in Washington starts here in the Rocky Mountain West. It was hope that first carried early Americans here, not knowing what lay ahead but knowing they must go forward, just as we must go forward. And like those early Americans, we believe this is a land of fresh starts and boundless optimism. We look to our mountains and prairies, our wide-open skies, and we see the limitless possibility that is America. We look to the grit and determination of those who came before us, we know, by their example, that there’s no problem we can’t solve if we stick together.

That’s why Wallace Stegner, the great Western writer, called us “the stickers.” They taught us that going forward means going together. With so many challenges ahead of us, it will take every bit of our Western strength, common sense, independence and pragmatism to get our country back on track and moving forward.

But we can do it. Not just for those who are fortunate enough to live in Colorado—but for every American. Because this election is not about Barack Obama, Joe Biden or me. It’s about you. It’s about your family, your dreams, your future. Just like those who came before us, the challenges, problems and obstacles can be daunting. The horizon can look ominous. The future can feel dangerous. But the lesson of this land is true for everyone.

No matter the odds, no matter the problems—we have to stick together as one nation again, putting our partisan differences behind us and putting the best interests of America first. In the spirit of the West, we can move forward, but it’s going to take leaders who are strong enough to stand up for what’s right, bold enough to bring new ideas and sweep away the worst of Washington’s old ways.

Leaders like Barack Obama, who’s spent his whole life standing up for working men and women.

Leaders like Joe Biden, who worked with my dad, who’s never forgotten where he comes from, who’s never stopped working to keep us safe. As my dad said, “Every generation has had to change this country to make it work.”

This is our time. This is our moment to change the course of history.

Here at the foot of the great Rocky Mountains, our greatest mountains, we need leaders to match these mountains. And we have them. In the same bold, pragmatic spirit that defines the West, we will move forward. Together, with Barack Obama, we will bring the change we need, we will renew the promise of our great nation, and we will make America work again.

Take your phones out now. Let’s see them! If you look at the jumbo screen, you will see our interactive map that shows which states have the most people signed up for text messaging.

Let’s find out which state can sign up the most supporters.

When you text “DNC” and your message of support to “OBAMA”, or 62262, the star of your state will grow larger. Colorado has home-field advantage, so other states will have to work hard to catch up.

Let’s do it. Text “DNC,” plus your message of support for Barack Obama to 62262 now, and let’s grow our map. Some of your messages will appear on the big screen, and we will send you occasional updates to let you know how you can help.

Let’s light up the map and let’s light a path for America’s future!

When Dr. King spoke 45 years ago today he said, “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” During eight years of George Bush, we haven’t seen much justice rolling out of Washington. And we say today, we will not be satisfied with four more years of the same under John McCain.

Here in Denver when Susan Molina, a janitor who lost her health insurance, has to take her little boy to the emergency room for an ear infection. I ask you, is that just? No. When 15-year-old Sam Beerman and his parents have to spend every day treating his diabetes and worrying about his future, while a cure from stem cell research slips farther away because of President Bush’s restriction—is that just? No.

When a soldier back home from serving in Iraq cannot get mental health treatment because of a poorly funded VA—is that just? No, it is not just. It is manifestly unjust.

And to realize the change we need—the just society we seek—we need a new spirit in Washington. We need to elect Barack Obama. We need to stop paying lip service to health-care reform and pass it. We need to reverse the Bush restrictions on stem cell research and pursue bold initiatives, with strict ethical standards, that save lives.

We need to protect a woman’s right to choose and access to affordable family planning and health care for everyone. And we must stop talking about ending the war in Iraq and just do it—do it responsibly and bring our troops home.

In Barack Obama, we have the extraordinary opportunity to elect an extraordinary president. A president who will fight to right the wrongs. A president who challenges every American to be their brother’s keeper, their sister’s keeper. A president who “will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

I’m proud to represent one of the largest rural districts in America—a district of small communities, of people who believe in hard work, love of family and service to our country.

Unfortunately, over the last eight years, the Bush administration has neglected rural America.

And all John McCain is offering is more of the same neglect.

John McCain has repeatedly opposed policies that energize our rural economies, opposed farm bills—over and over and over again—opposed increasing funding for nutrition programs that keep our nation’s children from going to bed hungry at night.

We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America. A president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables.

We need a president who’ll support rural America and the family farmers we all rely on.

Most of all, we need a president who will deliver the change we need.

My fellow Coloradans, my fellow Americans, Barack Obama will be that president.

Barack Obama will work hard on behalf of those who work the land, and lift those who strive to earn a decent living in our small communities, and to keep the promises we’ve made to the men and women from all across America who have proudly worn this nation’s uniform.

As a lifelong farmer, I stand here today and look out upon a silo of hope. It’s stored up—it’s ready for November. Ready for us to end this time of rural neglect, begin a time of endless promise.

We will elect Barack Obama, the next President of the United States.

Can America afford four more years of the same? Is it time for a change? We need a smarter, more sustainable energy strategy.

Some people tell us to “drill here - drill now, and that’s all.” I say that’s not enough. I say solar here, solar now. Wind here, wind now.

Barack Obama is a leader who will invest in new ways to power this nation, and deliver the change we need. Barack Obama has a balanced short-, and long-term plan to lower energy prices and break the tyranny of foreign oil. Barack Obama has a plan to invest 150 billion dollars in new, green technology, and create 5 million new green-collar jobs.

In my congressional district just outside Denver, we have the world’s finest renewable energy lab. Because developing alternative energy is good for national security, good for the climate and good for jobs. That’s the kind of change we need.

Unfortunately, John McCain wants to give oil companies more public land and billions more in special tax breaks, despite their record profits. That isn’t change – that’s the McCain-insane energy plan. And the same old tired politics.

So I ask you: on November 4, are we going to vote for American energy independence?

And who’s going to deliver the change we need?

That’s right, Barack Obama!