US Presidency
2009

Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. You guys can sit down, too. Let me begin by saying thank you to a few people first of all, your outstanding Governor, Bill Ritter. Please give Bill a big round of applause. Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien. Secretary of State Bernie Buescher. Your outstanding Mayor, John Hickenlooper. Your new Senator, Michael Bennett. Your old senator, now my Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar. Mark Udall is not here, but give him a round of applause anyway. One of the outstanding leaders who helped shepherd this process through in record time please give Max Baucus of Montana a big round of applause. Thank you, Max. To Secretary Federico Pena, one of my national reenact I would not be here if it were not for Federico. Thank you. To Representative Diana DeGette, who is a we are in her district. So, thank you so much. Representative Betsy Markey. Representative Jared Polis. Representative Ed Perlmutter. To all the other elected officials and outstanding leaders who are here. And to the whole Namaste family and Mr.