Ruben Gallego

Obama volunteers from Arizona, who had to a large extent been traveling out-of-state until days ago, are putting their focus back on Arizona for the final push in the presidential election.

As recently as last week, many people from Arizona who volunteered their time for the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama were put to work calling voters in other states, and others were sent outside Arizona, particularly to New Mexico. That, however, appears to have changed.

"We're not organizing caravans out there or anything like that," said David Cieslak, communications director for the Obama campaign in Arizona.

Cieslak said that while volunteers were free to go where they wanted, the expectation is that the vast majority will work to swing the state to Obama. Sunday evening, the campaign was only calling Arizonans from its headquarters.

DENVER -- There was little doubt Arizona's delegates to the Democratic National Convention would profess enthusiasm for Gov. Janet Napolitano's prime time speech before in front of the convention, and, as expected, the accolades poured in from Arizonans on the convention floor.

"Governor Napolitano is a clear, engaging speaker," said delegate Kate Widland, who became the fiancee of fellow delegate Ruben Gallego when he proposed to her on the floor of the convention. "It's obvious why she was given a prime time speaking slot."

Napolitano was an early endorser of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who is scheduled to accept the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday. Despite being mentioned as a potential vice presidential pick, the governor maintains that she has not spoken with Obama about what opportunities might exist for her in an Obama administration.