Hillary surges into the lead in Rasmussen's Daily Tracking Poll 46-44, Obama favorable rating 46%

[Herman Munster]

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows ongoing volatility in the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Nationally, Hillary Clinton now holds a very slight advantage over Barack Obama, 46% to 44%. Before the story broke about his former Pastor, Obama led Clinton by eight percentage points.

Looking ahead to the General Election in November, John McCain continues to lead both potential Democratic opponents. McCain leads Barack Obama 49% to 41% and Hillary Clinton 49% to 43% (see recent daily results). New polling shows McCain leading both Democrats in Georgia and Arkansas. In Minnesota, the race is very close.

On Saturday, Obama’s favorable ratings slipped a little further—46% favorable, 51% unfavorable. Before the Pastor Problem became big news, Obama was viewed favorably by 52%. One month ago, he was viewed favorably by 56%. McCain is viewed favorably by 54% of voters nationwide and unfavorably by 43%. For Clinton, those numbers are 43% favorable, 54% unfavorable (see recent daily results).

[Thepricebreaker]

1. Wow that 2% surge is HUGE!!!11!!

[Herman Munster]

2. she was 8 points behind a week ago

So yeah, I'd say a 10 point shift in a week is huge.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. GALLUP POLLS say otherwise! Obama gained 5 points!

[jackson_dem]

19. All Gallup showed is him back to where he was before pastorgate

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. well he's back! Comeon Hillary where's the kitchen sink

[rodeodance]

27. BO seems to have lots of garbage in his kitchen sink

[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. flung from the Clinton camp of course!

[Quixote1818]

3. Wait until her "Sniper fire" lie hits the headlines this week.

The shit is about to hit the fan. Hillary is in big trouble after that blunder.

[emilyg]

11. Nobody will care.

[Quixote1818]

12. Thats what the Obama supporters said about Rev. Wright. nt

[Botany]

4. other news

snow is hot
night is bright
old is young
and dogs now play violin w/ the Berlin Symphony

WakeupandsmellthecoffeeitisoverforClinton

[BeatleBoot]

5. His Favorables are sinking.

Not good at all.

[stratomagi]

6. Surge really?

Is she going to be greeted as a liberator as well? Or is she going to have to duck invisible sniper fire?

[MarjorieG]

7. Something about contributing to O's drop, then trying to benefit.

Much more than politics as usual by the methods used. No one really has made issue that Fox sent the video around, Fox is Murdoch, and Murdoch gave Hillary a fundraiser. Although Hillary and Bill have used racism, Murdoch came by his long ago, all by himself.

Did Fox also edit? And if so, chose to leave out saving graces for both videos. This campaign boost for Hillary would be as problematic as their choosing McCain continually over Obama.

I cannot say enough how despicable, and I've been participating in elections for over forty years. This is a new low. Dirtying up is one thing, but trying to kill his chances quite another.

[jackson_dem]

8. ABC broke pastorgate. Obama has only himself to blame for not practicing what he publicly preaches

[MarjorieG]

10. It was sitting idle, then Fox picked it up and ran with it.

[bellasgrams]

16. You are actually upset at Wright upsetting BO's chances?

He and BO are the only one's dealing in race. BO just yells race at Hill & Bill when he's sliding behind. They have never, ever, used race and you know it. No one's buying that so you might as well be honest.

[Blue State Bandit]

9. Not much of a surge here. No lead to see here either.

Date
Clinton
Obama


03/21/08
44%
45%

03/20/08
43%
46%

03/19/08
42%
47%

03/18/08
44%
45%

03/17/08
44%
46%

03/16/08
44%
47%

03/15/08
45%
46%

03/14/08
42%
50%

What's the margin of error?

[metalluk]

13. k&r

[Joe the Revelator]

15. and yet, she still has no path to the nomination....

frustrating, isn't it.

[bellasgrams]

17. We, the people feel differently.

[Joe the Revelator]

20. We, the people, have not voted for her. She trails in the pop. vote as well as every other catagory.

Don't let statistical noise get your hopes up.

[xultar]

18. X

[PerfectSage]

21. Breaking News! Bill Clinton's Peter Paul Court Date April 25, 2008!

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/03/breaking-news-bill-clintons-pe.php

GObama!
Go Dean's 50 State Strategy!
Go Grassroots!

[GOPBasher]

23. McCain will kick either's ass now, so it doesn't matter. It could have been our year,

but Dem infighting has killed us. It drove our candidates' negative ratings through the roof. Great job, us!

[Rydz777]

24. Yes, we've formed a circular firing squad and every salvo

kills off more votes in November.

[rodeodance]

25. BO-51% unfavorable. Statis. dead heat with Hilllary. WHOW

[Beacool]

28. Yep, I guess people are no longer buying

the unity, hope & change meme.

[rodeodance]

26. REC

[anonymous171]

29. YA! WRIGHTGATE FAILED! OBAMA SURVIVED! UNFORTUNATELY MY CAPSLOCK BROKE!

[qnr]

31. It should continue to shift

Her polls will continue to rise now that the "God Damn America" wish has been exposed.

[CTLawGuy]

32. so do you hate Bill Richardson now?

heheh.

[ctaylors6]

33. Rasmussen has recent state polls for GA, Arkansas, & Minn

Minnesota:
Obama 47%, McCain 43%.
McCain 47%, Clinton 46%

Georgia
McCain 53%, Obama 40%
McCain 54%, Clinton 34%
McCain is viewed favorably by 64% of Georgia voters and unfavorably by 33%. Clinton earns positive reviews from 41% and negative feedback from 57%. Obama’s numbers in Georgia are 45% favorable and 53% unfavorable.

Arkansas:
McCain 50%, Clinton 43%
McCain 59%, Obama 30%
Clinton fav 50/unfav 47
Obama fav 35% fav/ 62% unfav
Mccain fav 66%/unfavor 30%

link: http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
(links to those state polls are within text of the story I linked)
Apologies if this has been posted already!

[Buzz Clik]

34. "For Clinton, those numbers are 43% favorable, 54% unfavorable ..." nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

35. .