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To: Road Walker who wrote (369366)	1/31/2008 12:15:23 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579974

RE:"No Dem elder statesman to step in and say "this is the way it's going to be"." Looks like the Pub elder statesmen have stepped in and said it's McCain.

To: Road Walker who wrote (369366)	1/31/2008 12:16:08 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579974

January 30, 2008 Gallup Daily: Tracking Election 2008 Based on daily polling from Jan. 27-29, 2008 PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has now cut the gap with Hillary Clinton to 6 percentage points among Democrats nationally in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking three-day average, and interviewing conducted Tuesday night shows the gap between the two candidates is within a few points. Obama's position has been strengthening on a day-by-day basis. As recently as Jan. 18-20, Clinton led Obama by 20 points. Today's Gallup Poll Daily tracking is based on interviews conducted Jan. 27-29, all after Obama's overwhelming victory in South Carolina on Saturday. Two out of the three nights interviewing were conducted after the high-visibility endorsement of Obama by Sen. Edward Kennedy and his niece Caroline Kennedy. Clinton's lead in the three-day average is now 42% to Obama's 36%. John Edwards, who dropped out of the race Wednesday after Gallup conducted these interviews, ended his quest for the presidency with 12% support. Wednesday night's interviewing will reflect the distribution of the vote choice of former Edwards' supporters as well as the impact, if any, of Hillary Clinton's popular vote win in Florida on Tuesday. These national numbers are a critically important indicator of the political environment when voters in more than 20 states go to the polls next Tuesday. At the moment, Obama has the momentum among Democrats nationally. On the Republican side, the three-day average shows McCain with an 11-point lead over Mitt Romney, 32% to 21%. Rudy Giuliani, who will be dropping out of the race and possibly endorsing McCain, received 11%, well behind the third place Mike Huckabee. These GOP figures do not reflect the impact of McCain's victory in Florida on Tuesday night, and that, coupled with the departure of Giuliani, will have the potential to change the dynamics of the national pattern of Republican support significantly in interviewing Wednesday night. -- Frank Newport gallup.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (369366)	1/31/2008 12:17:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579974

I wouldn't put it past the Clintons to throw it into court. It would be tough. The Dem Party is more like a club I think... they can pretty much make up their own rules as they go along. I hope you're right about this one. Dean's an attorney so he would know. What a power struggle it could be... and there is no real 'higher power' to settle it. No Dem elder statesman to step in and say "this is the way it's going to be". I wonder how far they are willing to take this one. Would she try to run as a third party candidate?

To: Road Walker who wrote (369366)	1/31/2008 12:46:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579974

Did you see this comment? What a tell it is. He did better fundraising after his loss in NH than after his loss in SC. "Plouffe said the money came in at a consistent pace throughout the month, but the campaign's strongest day of fundraising came the day after the New Hampshire primary, which Obama narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton. "We took a lot of encouragment from that because it showed the resolve of our existing donor base," Plouffe said."