Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton brought her call for change, and bid for votes, to Metropolitan State’s Auraria campus today, speaking to a crowd of students and supporters.
“The economy needs to work for everybody . It is working for some people but not for others,” Sen. Clinton said. “There will not be any invisible Americans to me.”
More than 1,000 people were jammed into a grassy area on the campus to listen.
Andrea Dillinger came to the rally with her daughter Kayla, 7.
“She knows that there has never been a woman president and that this could be a historic event,” Dillinger said, as Kayla sat on her shoulders holding a bright red and white sign proclaiming “Women for Hillary.”
Kayla wore a button that said, “Bill Clinton for First Dude.”
Denise Dillinger, Kayla’s grandmother, asked her daughter to attend the rally with her.
“I just see a time for change and I think it is time for a woman president,” Denise Dillinger said.
Not everyone at the rally supported Clinton, or Democrats in general. Her introduction by state Alice Madden, D-Boulder drew a smattering of boos along with the cheers.
And at the entrance to the rally a small group of Republican Congressman Ron Paul’s supporters carried signs calling for the “Ron Paul Revolution.”
“He is the only anti-war candidate other than (Dennis Kucinich),” said Paul Webber, who held a pole bearing one end of the sign, which was scrawled on a white sheet.
