COLORADO SPRINGS — On the eve of the start of early voting at polling places in Colorado, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a crowd of close to 1,000 Sunday that the election could hinge on the state.
"Please remember, Colorado, you can decide," a hoarse-voiced Ryan said, giving a nod to the state's status as one of the few toss-ups in the election. "You have within the palm of your voting hand the ability to shape the future for this country and your kids."
Ryan's remarks, inside an airplane hangar at the Colorado Springs airport, fired the metaphorical starting gun on a four-day presidential-campaign scramble across the state. Between Sunday and Wednesday, members of the GOP or Democratic tickets will hold six campaign events in all four of the state's quadrants.
On Monday, Ryan is scheduled to hit a trifecta of rallies in Pueblo West, Durango and Grand Junction before heading back to the Front Range. On Tuesday, he and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will hold a moonlit rally at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, in what could be a capstone to their campaign in Colorado. There are whispers in the campaign about high-profile musical acts appearing alongside the Republican candidates. The campaign expects the event to fill the more than 9,000-seat amphitheater.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will have a dramatic photo op of his own, holding a rally in Denver's City Park with the downtown skyline as a backdrop.
The reason for the burst of interest is early voting in Colorado, which is now in full swing. Mail-in ballots started going out to voters last Monday — roughly 70 percent of Colorado's active voters are permanent mail-in voters. Meanwhile, early voting at polling places begins on Monday. All told, the majority of Colorado voters are expected to cast a ballot before Election Day even arrives.
That means, after months of persuading and motivating and rallying, both campaigns are now hoping to begin banking their votes.
Following separate Monday press events promoting early voting, Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet will cast their ballots at early voting locations. In a campaign stop in Greeley last week, Vice President Joe Biden also urged voters to cast a ballot early.
Though the Republicans did not make such an implicit push at Sunday's Ryan rally, the urgency of the campaign hung over the crowd.
"We have 15 days," University of Colorado Regent Kyle Hybl told the crowd at the Colorado Springs rally Sunday evening. "In this 15 days is the destiny of our country and what sort of institution we leave to our children and our grandchildren."
Ryan's speech hit on familiar themes to Colorado voters now accustomed to campaign appearances and ads. He said, if elected, he and Romney would reduce the deficit and balance the federal budget. He spoke about strengthening the armed forces, a popular promise in military-rich Colorado Springs. And he talked about boosting domestic energy production.
"This is about more than just jobs," he said. "This is about the kind of country we're going to leave our kids."
And, he made clear where he and Romney believe voters should lay their frustrations with Washington.
"If he can't change Washington," Ryan said of Obama, as the crowd cheered in approval, "then I say we change presidents."
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