I’m here at the Arizona Biltmore resort press room, watching John McCain live on television as he speaks in Grand Junction, Colo. The days have been long, but he seems to be full of energy as he pushes to finish the day in fiesty style by giving yet another campaign stump speech to a boisterous crowd. It’s an interesting contrast with Barack Obama, who was shown about 30 minutes earlier playing indoor basketball.

McCain introduced all of the family that’s traveling with him, including his 95-year-old mother, Roberta. I saw Mrs. McCain in person about two hours earlier here at the Biltmore, as she came out from the hotel to find her place in the motorcade that would head to the airport (see the photo below). She walked and talked like a woman 30 years younger, and several people on McCain’s staff spoke in open admiration of her.

EVEN AT 95, ROBERTA MCCAIN, CENTER, IS SPENDING ELECTION TODAY WITH HER SON JOHN MCCAIN AS HE CAMPAIGNS IN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BEFORE RETURNING TO PHOENIX TO AWAIT VOTING RESULTS. (Photo by Le Templar/Tribune)