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Arizona May Not Roll for McCain

Posted Jul 24, 08 7:12 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Al Gore's 2000 loss of Tennessee aside, normally a presidential candidate can expect to win his home state relatively easily. But this month John McCain, a full press retinue in tow, made a campaign stop in Arizona, shaking hands and encouraging volunteers to get out the vote. As the New York Times writes, Arizona's demographics are changing, and McCain's own campaign now lists the state he's served for more than 25 years as one of its battlegrounds.

Registered independents have spiked in Arizona, and Latinos now make up a full 20% of the electorate. Janet Napolitano, the second-term Democratic governor and a mooted Obama running mate, is hugely popular while the state Republicans are in disarray—the GOP chairman is a Ron Paul supporter. But McCain's trepidation about losing Arizona may be bluffing, and so far Obama hasn't taken the bait: his campaign hasn't spent a dime there.

Source New York Times

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets people at the Eggery during a campaign stop at in Phoenix, Ariz., Monday, July 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
With a picture of him seen on the wall, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., visits his campaign headquarters in Phoenix, Sunday, July 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to the media during a campaign stop at the Eggery in Phoenix, Ariz., Monday, July 14, 2008. Standing left is his wife Cindy McCain.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., boards his campaign plane at Swift Aviation Group in Phoenix, Ariz., on Monday, July 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., point to the audience during a campaign stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, July 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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