CNN - Poll: Obama erases Clinton lead

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Story Highlights
-CNN/Research Corp. national poll: Obama, 49 percent, Clinton, 46 percent
-Clinton has lost lead in national polls she has held for months
-Sen. John McCain is clear national front-runner, poll says
-Poll released on eve of Super Tuesday contests in 24 states, American Samoa.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Sen. Barack Obama in a national CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on the eve of critical Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses.

The two are virtually tied in Monday's survey, which shows the New York senator has lost a comfortable national lead she's held for months over Obama and other rivals.

The survey also shows Arizona Sen. John McCain as the clear Republican front-runner.

Obama, who trounced Clinton in January's South Carolina primary, garnered 49 percent of registered Democrats in Monday's poll, while Clinton trailed by just three points, a gap well within the survey's 4.5 percentage point margin of error.

"Coming out of his overwhelming victory in South Carolina and followed quickly by his Kennedy family endorsements, Obama clearly has the momentum in this campaign," said Bill Schneider, CNN's senior political analyst.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/04/national.poll/index.html

[sunonmars]

1. for about the 10th time its been posted stop spamming

[NJSecularist]

3. Good grief, don't get your panties in a wad.

[Uben]

2. I'm watching CNN

They reported a while ago that Clinton still leads by six points when you average six different polls. We can all cherry pick polls to show our candidate is doing better, but the average is more accurate

[mckeown1128]

5. That's strange...

since when does CNN start giving the average of the recent polls? I have NEVER seen them do that before when they get a new CNN poll... The only thing that has changed is that Obama is ahead in their poll.:tinfoilhat:

[workinclasszero]

4. Woo-Hoo!!!

***Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Sen. Barack Obama in a national CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on the eve of critical Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses.***

YIPPIE!!! :party::toast: :applause: :beer:

[OzarkDem]

6. By running like a Republican?

No thanks, I won't vote for him. No way, no how.

[Botany]

8. and by doing so your non vote will be a defacto vote for McCain

Sen John "100 years in Iraq" McCain

[OzarkDem]

10. As I said

its not a decision I arrived at easily, but its in the best interest of the party. Obama will not win the GE anyway.

[Egnever]

16. I support his choice

If he feels that strongly then he should vote how he/she feels best. I think Obama will attract far more people than he he lose. I don't think browbeating anyone to vote is a good idea.

[jhain]

11. You'll vote for whomever the Dems run and like it!

Or go to your room and pout for four years.

[Colobo]

15. Barack Obama will win the nomination, Ozark, and he will make you proud.

I'm confident he'll win you over.

[psychopomp]

7. And that's a good thing!

We have a contest and not a coronation, nothing wrong with that!

[catagory5]

9. you forget this part

The poll is consistent with other national surveys during the past few days. A CNN averaging of five national polls conducted in the last few days -- a "poll of polls" -- puts Clinton at 45 percent and Obama at 43 percent. Those five surveys were done by CNN/Opinion Research Corp., Gallup, Pew, ABC and CBS.

[skooooo]

12. Rooting for Obama, but.....

...I think what will happen is that Hillary will end up with 55-60% of the delegates on Super Tuesday. Obama will get enough delegates to stay in the race, and could still pull a win out of this, but it's going to be a tough battle for him. Hope I'm wrong.

[tinrobot]

13. Perhaps Edwards supporters are causing the bump.

Can't speak for everyone, but this Edwards supporter will probably vote Obama.

[formernaderite]

14. i'm inching in that direction

myself. But I have to say I miss John, and still haven't heard either candidate pick up his mantle.