Candidates Rock The Warped Tour

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama braved sweltering heat and unforgiving thunderstorms in an effort to reach out to potential rock show supporters.

The Warped Tour, a fest of more than 70 bands, traveled to Denver on Sunday, July 8, as part of an annual music bash taking place across the nation.This reporter attended the event, and spotted local Obama supporters with their own booth, next to hundreds of stands selling turkey legs and band clothing. Obama is currently leading in Dem state fundraising, with a quarterly report of $554,428.

This reporter also spotted numerous pamphlets for Republican candidate Ron Paul littering the ground. Evidence that Paul may be carrying the the “punk” ticket? You decide.

Erin Rosa was born in Spain and raised in Colorado Springs. She is a freelance writer currently living in Denver. Rosa's work has been featured in a variety of news outlets including the Huffington Post, Democracy Now!, and the Rocky Mountain Chronicle, an alternative-weekly in Northern Colorado where she worked as a columnist covering the state legislature. Rosa has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for her reporting on lobbying and woman's health issues. She was also tapped with a rare honorable mention award by the Newspaper Guild-CWA's David S. Barr Award in 2008--only the second such honor conferred in its nine-year history--for her investigative series covering the federal government's Supermax prison in the state. Rosa covers the labor community, corrections, immigration and government transparency matters. She can be reached at erosa@www.coloradoindependent.com.

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