As voters prepare for the Super Tuesday primaries, Democrat Barack Obama is closing the gap with Hillary Clinton while GOP front-runner John McCain is surging ahead of Mitt Romney.Obama's performance is remarkable. A Gallup poll shows the Illinois senator trails Clinton 44% To 46%, according to The Wall Street Journal. (subscription required). On January 20, Clinton had a 20 point lead over Obama. More significantly, Clinton now is in a statistical dead heat with Obama in California, one of the big prizes in Super Tuesday that was once considered a lock for the New York senator.
All hope isn't lost for Hillary Clinton. Polling data should be taken with a huge grain of salt at this point in the campaign. Nonetheless, Obama's rising popularity is hard to dispute. The Grateful Dead minus the late Jerry Garcia are reuniting for the first time in four years today for an Obama rally in -- where else -- San Francisco. During the last Democratic debate, Obama and Clinton were asked about whether they would ever join forces. That probably won't happen. For one thing, Clinton needs Obama more than Obama needs Clinton and given the nastiness of the campaign it seems doubtful that one would play second fiddle to the other.
As for the Republicans, it's about time to stick a fork in Mitt Romney. Polls show that McCain has a 2-to-1 lead over Romney, proving that all of the money in the world can make voters like you. Once McCain wins the nomination, you can bet that there will be plenty of photo opportunities of him looking fit and vigorous, particularly if Obama is the Democratic candidate.
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2-04-2008 @ 8:07AM
Chris said...
I think Obama does have some "audacity" for saying that he is confident that he can win Hillary voters but Obama voters won't vote for Hillary. I am a Hillary supporter and I will not vote for Obama in the general election if he wins the primary. He is not experienced and needs to wait his turn. As a New Yorker I am proud of Hillary and feel she will make the best president.
Although I would love to see the 2 join forces, the notion that "hillary needs obama more than he needs her" is totally ridiculous. First of all, she does not "need" him and can beat McCain without him. Secondly she is way too experienced and strong to be his VP, it's not a matter of him not "needing" her, it's a matter of seeing her as a VP would be much too awkward, the best match would be having her as president and the inexperienced Obama as VP.
2-04-2008 @ 8:23AM
Chester Borland said...
Chris: i SOOOO agree with everything you're saying about Obama. Why everybody else doesn't see this is beyond me
2-04-2008 @ 9:08AM
vlb said...
Yes, Hilliary is more experienced in old style crooked politics.
Yes, Obama is relatively inexperienced and I consider that to be a good thing. He has not been running with nasty special interest groups for the last 35 years.
If Obama is the candidate in the general election, he has my vote. Otherwise, I will vote for McCain.
2-04-2008 @ 2:24PM
Joe said...
Countless media outlets are rushing to declare Romney a wash. This attention from the media, plus all of the attention from the DNC itself, is proof-positive that the democrats are scared stiff of Romney. And they should be- he is the only candidate in the entire race that has enough broad-base appeal to be electable by both sides. His success and experience in non-government sectors is what this country needs right now.
My only hope is that the American people will have the brains to see through the media and make a decision on their own, based on the facts about each candidate.