Ken Salazar

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Denver) told CNN Friday that he didn't think Sarah Palin would help the Republican ticket pick up Hillary Clinton supporters.

"What's going to happen here is that desire to change that Hillary Clinton has helped bring about will ultimately lead to [an Obama]-Biden win in November. I don't think it changes the dynamics," Salazar said to CNN.

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar speaks at the Democratic National Convention: Getty Images PhotoBelow is a transcript of remarks made by U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Denver) during the presidential nomination process at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday evening, as prepared for delivery.

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) will be one of three Democrats to second the presidential nomination of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, the event's organizers said today.

Salazar will second the nomination along with U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) and Artur Davis (D-Ala.), after Iraq War veteran Michael Wilson formally nominates the Illinois senator, the DNC said in a release Wednesday.

While wearing a cowboy hat and a shoestring tie during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Morning Joe," Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo) pledged that Colorado will swing for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) in this fall's presidential election.

Though U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Denver) has been very public recently in welcoming Democrats to Denver, he’s glad disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards is nowhere in sight.

Edwards was scheduled to speak during the Democratic National convention, but he was dropped from the program following his admission of having an affair with a campaign videographer.

"(Edwards' affair) was wrong and from my point of view, as one of the hosts of the convention, I’m glad he’s not here," Salazar said to reporters Saturday afternoon.

The home state for the Democratic National Convention will be well-represented during the next four days.

Shortly following the invocation which will be performed by former state Sen. Polly Baca of Greely, the Colorado Children's Chorale will sing the National Anthem.

Two Denver mayors have speaking roles: current Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) will make remarks this evening, and former mayor Federico Peña (D) will speak on Tuesday.

Colorado Democrats on Saturday lauded Barack Obama's choice to name U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate, pointing to Biden's foreign policy and law-enforcement accomplishments.

At a press conference at Invesco Field Saturday morning, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Denver), Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said Biden would nicely complement Obama on the Democratic presidential ticket.

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Compared to other freshmen Senators from the class of 2004, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar's (D-Denver) approval rating by his constituents is solidly mediocre.

According to the latest August 11 survey from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, Salazar's approval rating was a slightly net positive 39 percent to 36 percent.