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To: Road Walker who wrote (369720)	2/3/2008 3:12:14 PM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1577025

...Kennedy was good. So said Marilyn. Taro

To: Road Walker who wrote (369720)	2/3/2008 3:43:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577025

This is the 3rd or 4th poll that shows Clinton and Obama to be at a statistical tie in CA. Poll: Obama wipes out Clinton's lead By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Barack Obama has surged to a statistical tie with Hillary Rodham Clinton in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, erasing a double-digit national lead she held just two weeks ago and turning the Democratic nomination race into a nail-biter. The pair stood at Clinton 45%, Obama 44% in a snapshot of voter intent just two days before 22 states hold primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday. On the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain gained 11 percentage points for a decisive 42%-24% lead over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. McCain, who has drawn strength in past contests from independents and moderates, beat Romney 41%-26% among Republicans or independents leaning Republican in the poll and 38%-28% among conservatives. "I'm guardedly optimistic," McCain said Sunday in Nashville. "I think we're doing well. I think I sense a feeling of momentum, but we're not taking anything for granted. That's why we're campaigning literally 24/7 between now and Tuesday." FIND MORE STORIES IN: Democrats \| Republicans \| Nashville \| Obama \| Romney \| Mccain Seven in 10 people in the poll said they were paying "quite a lot" of attention to the campaign — up 7 percentage points from two weeks ago. That's higher than the 58% who said that four years ago, at a similar point in an election that drew high interest because of the Iraq war. The poll of adults nationwide was conducted Thursday through Saturday. Obama gained 11 percentage points to erase Clinton's lead. The Illinois senator has been riding a wave of momentum since a landslide victoryin South Carolina's Jan. 26 primary. He's been collecting endorsements from Sen. Edward Kennedy and other prominent Democrats, and in January alone raised $32 million. Clinton, the New York senator, won the Nevada caucuses two weeks ago but has seen her lead fade. Obama has gotten more national media attention in that time, and former president Bill Clinton attacked Obama in earlier contests. The former first lady is counting on good showings Tuesday in California, New York and other states. "We have a strong and broad coalition that I think will give us significant delegates and victories on Feb. 5," Clinton strategist Mark Penn told USA TODAY. The poll showed Obama had the highest favorable rating of the major candidates still in the race — 59% favorable to 32% unfavorable. McCain was close behind with 56% favorable, 32% unfavorable. Clinton was even at 48% favorable, 48% unfavorable. The favorability rating for her husband, Bill Clinton, dropped to 50% from 56% last fall. The former president was widely criticized by fellow Democrats in the past month for his role in the Nevada and South Carolina contests. Romney was the only candidate with a net negative rating: 37% favorable, 39% unfavorable. Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said national polls "tell you very little" about the series of state contests ahead. "The allocation of delegates is unaffected by a national poll snapshot where the candidate with higher name ID always fares well," he said, adding Romney is doing "very well" with his outreach, organization and message in many Feb. 5 states. The poll's margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points for 867 Republicans and adults leaning Republican, and +/- 3 percentage points for 985 Democrats and adults leaning Democratic. Contributing: David Jackson in Nashville and Andrea Stone in Glen Elly usatoday.com