Republican presidential hopeful John McCain got a smattering of applause and boos at Sunday afternoon’s Arizona Diamondbacks game against the Florida Marlins at Chase Field in Phoenix.
McCain’s second-inning introduction to the crowd was met with a few boos mixed with more dominant applause. McCain received applause again when he was shown on the scoreboard during the playing of “God Bless America” at the seventh-inning stretch.
Clinton supporters get behind McCain.
Former Democratic backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton will express support for Republican John McCain in Denver today, according to sources inside the McCain camp.
Silver Salazar, a cousin to Sen. Ken Salazar and Rep. John Salazar, backed Clinton during her long primary race with Barack Obama.
In a statement this weekend to the McCain campaign, Silver Salazar said Obama “lacks the experience and the judgment we need in our commander in chief.”
Debra Bartoshevich of Wisconsin will join Salazar, sources said. The former Clinton delegate to the convention was kicked off the delegation after she said she’d vote for McCain.
Michigan, Florida delegates to get full vote.
Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida were awarded full voting rights at the national convention Sunday, despite holding early primaries against party rules.
The convention credentials committee voted unanimously to restore the voting privileges at the behest of Barack Obama. Democrats hope the gesture will strengthen their standing in two important battleground states while ending a contentious chapter of the nominating process.
Poll shows McCain with slight lead in Colorado.
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain leads presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama by a slim margin in the latest poll of Colorado voters.
Although the two are statistically tied, McCain holds a 1 percent advantage, 47 percent to 46 percent, over Obama in the poll released Sunday by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. A July Quinnipiac poll showed McCain with support from 46 percent of likely Colorado voters, compared with 44 percent for Obama.
The polling group is tracking Colorado because it reflects attitudes in the Rocky Mountain West.
“Colorado is one of the most important battleground states that will decide the presidency as Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama slug it out nose to nose,” said Peter Brown, assistant director at the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “If the national election is close in November, a handful of voters in Colorado will be decisive.”
The latest poll, conducted Aug. 15-21, surveyed 1,060 likely voters and had a 3-percentage point margin of error. The Denver Post
