Lawndale in the house

Tina McKinnor, the president of the Lawndale Democratic Club, plans to spend much of her fall registering voters for Barack Obama oustide a grocery store on Inglewood Avenue.

But first she needed to come to Denver to get some advice from a pro: James Carville.

McKinnor ran into Carville in Denver, and buttonholed him for a few minutes.

"He gave me a tip on organizing," McKinnor said. "He told me bringing people together is the most important thing in my area."

I saw Tina on the concourse at the Pepsi Center, where she was hanging out with Steve Bradford.