Wow. Wow. Wow.

Over 400 people poured into the Smith-Brasher Auditorium at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque for a town hall meeting tonight. It was one of the most amazing events we have had on this incredible journey across America. The crowd was fired up and ready to fight for a better America.

New Mexico's leaders also came out in force. We were joined by Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, Candidate for Attorney General Gary King, Attorney General Patricia Madrid, and Candidate for Secretary of State Mary Hererra. With Governor Bill Richardson joining us a week earlier in Iowa, we were privileged to hear from some of New Mexico's finest political leaders.

What folks heard tonight was the positive message of how we - the American people - can join together and fight to change Wal-Mart and America for the better.

As we have heard all over the country, true leaders are speaking out, not to bash or attack Wal-Mart, but to call on Wal-Mart, with all its billions, to stand up and do what is right for its workers, their families, and America.

Thanks to New Mexico...our movement grew rapidly over the last two days.

Over 400 tonight, and yesterday we had a great crowd for a film screening at UNM, with a lively discussion to boot.

But best of all, the folks that came to our events, who signed up, were real people from all walks of life. It is amazing. Aside from a few incredibly well-paid executives at Wal-Mart, and the company's well paid PR folks (and you know who you guys are. By the way, we've really missed you at our events the last few days; some people would call it stalking. We just call it Edelman), the real people who count, the American people, know that Wal-Mart can and must do better. And, that is what our campaign is about.

Now on to the tough part - a long drive to Phoenix.

Hopefully we can spend some time to enter in all of the stacks and stacks of signup sheets we have on the bus. The funny part is that we've actually devoted one of the beds on the bus just for sign up sheets...so Blank is now sleeping on the couch - the high price you pay to change Wal-Mart.

On to Phoenix, Arizona...and the last 10 days of this incredible ride across America.

- jbird