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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain attends a rally Friday at the National Western Arena in Denver, during a swing through the state that Democrats have all but secured. His running mate, Sarah Palin, drops the first puck as Keith Tkachuk (left) of the St. Louis Blues and Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings at an NHL game in St. Louis.

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    By Stephen Dinan

    DENVER | Call it the Don't Forsake Me Tour.

    Beginning Friday, Sen. John McCain embarked on a three-day tour of three states that voted for President Bush in 2004 but have swung dramatically to Democrats this year, forcing the McCain campaign to all but concede the states to Democratic presidential opponent Sen. Barack Obama.

    In Colorado, Mr. McCain campaigned with former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, renowned for his late-game comebacks, but there are no major league professional sports teams in the other two states - Iowa and New Mexico - to offer him a boost.

    "We need to win Colorado on November 4th, and with your help, we are going to win Colorado," the Republican presidential nominee told hundreds of supporters in Denver.

    Mr. McCain also took care of some local issues here, promising not to allow renegotiation of the Colorado River Compact that allocates water among a handful of southwestern states. Democrats said that statement was a flip-flop on a recently held McCain position.

    Mr. McCain campaigns Saturday in New Mexico and will be in Iowa on Sunday - but McCain campaign aides have been quoted saying they consider the three states lost.

    Together, the states account for 21 electoral votes, which is enough to make up the margin by which Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry lost to Mr. Bush in 2004. Mr. Bush won 286 electoral votes to Mr. Kerry's 251, while one electoral vote went to Mr. Kerry's running mate, John Edwards.

    In 2004, Mr. Bush won Iowa and New Mexico by less than one percentage point, while he won Colorado by nearly 5 percent.

    This year, the latest RealClearPolitics.com average of polls shows Mr. Obama ahead 50.4 percent to 45 percent in Colorado, 50.7 percent to 42.3 percent in New Mexico and a whopping 53 percent to 40.5 percent in Iowa.

    And the Obama campaign said early-voting trends in those states bear out their optimism.

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