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WASHINGTON -- For months, Barack Obama's disconnect with Latin America has left many officials and observers in the region wondering what a Democratic administration would mean for future relations. Now the search for an answer continues with Obama's choice of running mate.

Viva Obama! Took the train back from Denver, la tren es the way to travel. Went up there to hang with mis politico home boys, pero, me compa lives there in the mountains and we never left the cabin. It was so beautiful, clean, and refreshing. Just couldn’t drag myself away from nature.

The political mantra from the campaign of Barack Obama has been about the great need for change! At political rallies our community has heard the rallying cries of “Si Se Puede.”

No Related Stories at this time! America is ready for change and Barack Obama is the man who will "take our country back," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told Democratic delegates in Denver.

Thousands of people have arrived at the stadium today ready to witness history.

Thousands of people have arrived at the stadium today ready to witness history.

Remarks as prepared for delivery to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson

America is ready for change and Barack Obama is the man who will take our country back, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told Democratic delegates in Denver.America is ready for change, Richardson told a cheering crowd at Invesco Field at Mile High on Thursday, the last day of the Democratic National Convention, but (likely Republican challenger) John McCain has only changed his mind on taxes, ...

DENVER, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- America is ready for change and Barack Obama is the man who will "take our country back," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told Democratic delegates in Denver.

INVESCO FIELD -- Hype and history will collide tonight at Invesco Field when Illinois Sen. Barack Obama formally accepts the Democratic nomination for president. More than 75,000 people are expected to be on hand.

Denver Post staff is at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium. Read their observations below.

The largest Hispanic voter research project that Democratic pollster Andrew Myers has ever heard of included 17 focus groups and nearly 1,800 separate interviews in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona.

It’s Democratic National Convention week! The Tennessee Congressional Primaries are nearly a month past us! One more convention to go, and then no one has to pay attention again until November.

DENVER -- Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico, said the "New West" is shaping up as Obama country in the presidential election. But still, he said, the presumptive Democratic nominee needs to stroll more Rocky Mountain streets.

DENVER — Had things gone according to his plan, this would have been Bill Richardson's convention. It would have been fitting: a Democratic Rocky Mountain governor being nominated for president in a Rocky Mountain city in a year in which pundits say the West could be ripe for Democratic gains.

Today-Friday •  CSPAN: Exclusive live coverage from the convention floor, 5 p.m.- midnight •  CNN, MSNBC, FOX News: 7 a.m. to midnight. News, analysis and live coverage from the convention beginning at 8 p.m. •  ABC, NBC, CBS, ETV: Live from the convention floor, 10-11 p.m. Today

Sensing an opening because of conservatives' hardline approach to immigration, Democrats are increasing their efforts to reach Hispanic voters in key Southwest states, a move they hope will help propel Sen. Barack Obama to the White House. Republicans, however, aren't ceding the Hispanic vote. Arizona Sen. John McCain, who will accept the Republican presidential nomination next week, is also ...

DENVER — Sensing an opening because of conservatives' hardline approach to immigration, Democrats are increasing their efforts to reach Hispanic voters in key Southwest states, a move they hope will help propel Sen. Barack Obama to the White House.

Convention Center -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said strong support by Hispanic voters can tip the balance for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the key swing states of Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. Hispanics are more than 20 percent of voters in each of those three states.

DENVER - The Political Animal has found the Political Zoo - less than 450 miles up Interstate 25 from Albuquerque...