The Choice Is Clear, Sort Of

Arizona's Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano endorses Sen. Barack Obama for president. But it looked like she flipped to John McCain during a rally in El Paso, as reported by The El Paso Times:

"If you want change in Washington, D.C., and if you want to hear a new voice and new vision in D.C., you are picking John McCain," she said with excitement.

After the 70 or so people in the audience went silent, she corrected herself.

"McCain? I mean you are picking Barack Obama if you want change," she said as she smiled.

Napolitano then went on to say that what she meant to say is that come November, when the general election is held, voters will have a clear choice if Obama is the Democratic presidential candidate."

Note that this happened in a room with "Obama" signs all over the place. I figure she meant to say, "you are not picking John McCain." But man, oh man, with this many cue cards in front of her, you just gotta wonder.

Anyway, Janet's not too far out of league with many Republicans, who may be split between Sens. McCain and Obama, according to a new poll.