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The DSCC has posted Tom's speech tonight at the Convention!

Please let Tom know what you think by commenting below!

Just a reminder, Tom Udall is speaking this afternoon at the convention. The times are a little fuzzy, but he'll be there between 4:45 and 6PM Mountain.

We'd love to hear what you think - so text the word HEAR to MyTOM (that is 69866 if you want to use numbers) and we'll send you an alert right before he speaks - then get your response afterwords.

With a number of New Mexico Bloggers up at the convention we thought we'd bring together a quick round up of their coverage for you...

• While Heath is still in NM, Lt. Gov Diane Denish posts at his place from Denver. She fills us in on the NM Delegation breakfast and runs in to Donna Brazile.[Read more]

There were a couple of storiesI wanted to post today, one about the End of Tour Rally in Las Vegas on Sunday and coverage of Tom speaking with farmers at Los Poblanos yesterday. Enjoy! Now, I need to go get some coffee...

"Udall campaigns in Las Vegas" - Las Vegas Optic

Tom Udall ended his two-week “Doing Right By New Mexico Tour” in his campaign for U.S. senator with a rally in Las Vegas.

The "Doing Right by New Mexico Tour" officially concluded yesterday up in Las Vegas at great rally hosted by the Rialto Restaurant in Old Town. Over 200 local folks came out to meet Tom and Ben Ray Lujan, eat some AMAZING green chile stew (which I really needed because of my alergies) and posole, and hear some great music.

Here's what Tom had to say about Joe Biden's selection as Barack Obama's running mate. He actually called our press people with the statement about 1AM Saturday morning, but your friendly, neighborhood bloggers were nestled all snug in their beds. Sorry about the delay on that.

This picture just about says it all.

Tom dropped by East Picacho Elementary in Las Cruces yesterday to meet folks there. Doòa Ana county does, indeed, love Tom. The cafeteria was a surprisingly good venue for one-on-one conversations, and had very interesting art on the walls.

Well, Pearce's Washington cronies are at it again. As I am sure that you have read elsewhere, The Club for Growth has put down a sizeable buy to slam Tom on a number of things.

Naturally, since the ad is from the Club for Growth, you know it isn't exactly trustworthy (for more on the issues, take a look at LP's post).

After heading out from Silver City, and driving through the Gila National Forest, we arrived in Reserve, NM so that Tom could talk with them about their pioneering work preventing youth DWIs. As you may have heard, Tom has spent a significant amount of time fighting DWI. He was really interested to hear from them. The video is still in the car, so here's the pictures.

They do a lot of the program in this building here, just behind the school.

Sorry for the late posting, but we've been in Catron county, and the cell service has been spotty to non-existent.

On the plus side, we had an absolutely GORGEOUS drive through the Gila National Forest.

Here's a few pictures to tide you over.