Last week I attended a meeting of local Hillary supporters at Mannie Rodriguez's place to review what took place at the Colorado CD 6 Convention on May 3. Last Saturday I attended the CD 2 convention. At both conventions there was a drop-off of support for Barack Obama, while Hillary Clinton’s support held steady.

At CD 2, there were 272 Hillary delegates seated, which was all the delegates she won in the district. There were 556 Obama delegates seated, which was about 50 short of the delegates he had won in the district.

At CD 6, the numbers were similar, and Obama failed to seat 37 of the delegates to which he would otherwise have been entitled, while Hillary seated all of those to which she was entitled.

I don’t yet have any numbers for the other CDs; and three of them don’t even hold their Conventions until tomorrow (Friday, May 16); but I suspect they will also show that Hillary’s grassroots support is holding while Obama’s grassroots support is fading. Once I get any of those numbers, I will update this diary.

Former Denver Mayor Federico Pena spoke on behalf of Senator Obama at the CD 2 Convention, and he made some very kind remarks about Hillary and her leadership as First Lady and in the United States Senate. Unfortunately, some of the Obama supporters in the audience began hissing while he was making those remarks, and to his great credit, he stopped and told them he would not tolerate that.

Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb gave a terrific speech on behalf of Hillary; but, while there was no hissing or booing (as there had been at the Boulder county Democratic Convention), he was interrupted by at least one Obama supporter in the audience shouting "what about the war?" Perhaps needless to say, he had a great answer to the effect that there was actually little real difference between Senators Clinton and Obama with respect to the war in Iraq. The audience really did love Wellington's frank and thought-provoking remarks. I thought it was especially funny when he noted that President Bush had done us all a great favor by "permanently dispelling" the notion of "the white man's supremacy". ;)

Thanks to everyone who voted for me and worked for me to be elected a Hillary delegate to the national convention. However, even though I know I got some votes just for wearing my Wes Clark Democrats for Hillary shirt :) and I think I did pretty well; when the votes were all counted, I lost the one CD 2 spot I was eligible for to a former Denver Bronco, Mayor of Northglenn, and long-time friend of the Clintons named Odell Barry. Congratulations to Odell, and I trust that he will be a great delegate for Hillary. The one female national delegate we were able to elect in CD 2 was my friend Sacha Millstone, a truly brilliant Hillary supporter who I know will fight every step of the way for Hillary.

The Colorado Daily ran a story which focused mainly on the Obama delegates who were elected in CD 2, and Colorado Confidential gives the Statewide breakdown so far as 19 pledged delegates elected for Obama and 12 pledged delegates elected for Hillary. It will be very interesting to see what happens tomorrow in CDs 3, 4, and 5, and on Saturday at the state convention. I encourage every single Hillary delegate and alternate to attend these critical events. We can make a difference, and we will make a difference.

Yes, we will!

Finally, I know I am preaching to the choir when I say that it is absolutely essential for every Hillary supporter to do all we can to see that she wins the nomination. But for those Democrats reading this who do not yet support Hillary, Cokie and Steve Roberts have laid out exactly why you really need to rethink your position. Here's an excerpt from their article entitled "Why the Dems could lose":

How can it make sense for Idaho, Kansas and Louisiana to have a bigger impact on choosing the Democratic nominee than Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio? Add in the exclusion of Florida and Michigan, two crucial states that favor Clinton, and there's only one word for the Democrats' system: crazy. And Republicans are gleeful.