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‘A way to launch a reinvigorated political movement’

By Mike Saccone | Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 06:02 AM

DENVER — Former Denver Mayor Federico Pena said this Tuesday afternoon that the Democratic National Convention will boost Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign and give him a bounce in western polls.

“We will be able to use this as a way to launch a reinvigorated political movement,” Pena told Political Notebook outside the Colorado Convention Center.

Pena predicted that the convention also will give Obama a boost in his Colorado poll numbers and survey results in other western states after Thursday, when he delivers a speech before thousands at Invesco Field and millions watching from home.

Democrats probably are hoping Pena’s predictions will come true: Polls have showed Obama’s opponent, Republican Sen. John McCain, narrowing the Illinois senator’s lead in Colorado. The two pols also are running close to each other in polls in New Mexico and Nevada.

*Pena photo from the Associated Press.

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