Napolitano sees new support for Obama in the West

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano said she thinks Barack Obama's emphasis on health care, education and jobs is swaying voters in her state and across the West.

Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Arizona primary in February with 50 percent of the vote compared to 42 percent for Obama. But Napolitano, a superdelegate who has endorsed Obama, said if that primary were held today the results would be "very different."

"I think Senator Obama has had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at him and he has handled it all with grace and aplomb," she said.

Napolitano received a standing ovation last weekend at an upbeat Arizona Democratic Party state convention that has Democrats fired up over the possibility that their party could take back the House for the first time in 42 years.

Two more superdelegates were chosen at that convention, and the first order of business for one, Charlene Fernandez, was to declare support for Obama.

The other new superdelegate, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, said he will announce a decision in several weeks.

Napolitano said Obama has made inroads with the Latino voters in her state and has strong support from Native Americans there.

She said a new poll in Arizona shows Obama would fare better against Republican John McCain in his home state.

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