Yes. I was there. Waht you see in that first photo on the thread is about 1/3 of the people that were outside the hanger (where I was on the right, isn't even on the photo, I was down by Palin's plane. From my times at football games and the like, I'd guess 15,000. It was fun.
The same energy and enthusiasm we all felt yesterday afternoon can be see reflected in a couple of short videos of the Albuquerque rally that John & Sarah flew off to immediately after our CoSprgs rally. The view inside the arena shows it just jam packed! They showed a long line of people wanting to get in who were waiting vainly for extra tickets that might be turned in by people who had to cancel out.
Go to this link and click on the ones labeled "New Mexicans prepare for McCain, Palin(02:15)" and "McCain holds 'Road to Victory' Rally(02:48)". At the end of the 2nd one, they mention that Robert Duvall introduced Sarah. There's also a 33 min video of the Rally.