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The celebrating started early at the Democratic watch party Tuesday at the downtown Sheraton Denver Hotel.
The whoops from the crowd became louder and more frequent as CNN flashed results showing Barack Obama had clinched Florida, Pennsylvania, other states and then Colorado.
“How much better can it get?” an excited Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper asked the hundreds of people in the crowded hotel ballroom. They roared back in victory.
The mood in the hotel ballroom, with its cash bar, was like a celebrity wedding reception. Discouraging moments were few, coming only when John McCain won a state, and when he acknowledged Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his concession speech. Tim Hoover, The Denver Post
