Napolitano remains confident Obama will win Az primary
by The Associated Press on Jan. 24, 2008, under Elections, Local, SpecialGov. Janet Napolitano, the highest-profile supporter in Arizona of Democrat Barack Obama, says she’s concerned about his poor poll numbers but still confident he’ll win the state’s Feb. 5 presidential primary.
A recent Arizona State University poll found Hillary Rodham Clinton holding a roughly 2-to-1 lead over Obama among likely primary voters, with many still undecided.
Napolitano was in New Mexico on Tuesday campaigning for Obama, bringing his message of change to the state where she grew up.
Speaking to about 125 Obama supporters at a performing arts studio, Napolitano said Obama has impressed her by respecting, listening to and engaging Americans in issues such as the economy, education, immigration and the war in Iraq.
“He has the unique ability to walk into a room and get people to think beyond themselves and about the greater good,” she said.
Napolitano, who endorsed Obama earlier this month, said she will go wherever his campaign asks her to travel to take his message around the country.
She stopped in Santa Fe before moving on to Albuquerque, where she had specific instructions on the talks she said campaign volunteers should have with voters.
“Talk about how he reaches out to everyone and how he is the voice of change and embodiment of change,” she said. “Now it’s up to us – voter to voter, neighbor to neighbor.”
