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Les Spencer and Tony Viessman of Rolla brought their country pride to Denver. I caught up with them outside the Pepsi Center, as they prepared to join the Missouri delegation for Senator McCaskill's speech.

As detailed earlier, The Big Tent in downtown Denver has been a constant hot spot on the convention's first day of action.  Below are some more snapshots from 1536 Wynkoop Street, the home of the Big Tent.

Check it out: elected officials, bloggers and pets kicking it together...

Last night's Sheryl Crow-Sugarland-Dave Mathews Band concert at the amazing Red Rocks Ampitheater venue in the mountains west of Denver provided an opportunity for some Missouri state blogger corps bloggers to meet the reigning queen of the political blogosphere!

After Sheryl Crow's performance ended, myself and fellow Fired Up convention blogger Jeff Mazur ran into mega-blogger Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post on the venue concourse (Huffington with Mazur, left).

Mazur spoke with Huffington briefly...­

Hello from the Netroots Nation (NN) Convention, www.netrootsnation.org! NN is, a group of bloggers and technology gurus, that provides a venue for a conversation on issues that are important to changing our nation.

This morning we heard from Vice President Al Gore and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Together, they are providing insight into the change that this country desires.