Obama bounce, continued
Four new polls released today show Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief rival surging to a double digit lead in New Hampshire, two days before voters there cast ballots in the state’s presidential primaries.
The new polling data comes one day after Clinton’s campaign sent e-mails to reporters claiming that rival Barack Obama gained no momentum from his stunning win in last week’s Iowa caucuses.
A CNN/WMUR poll out Sunday afternoon showed the freshman Illinois senator at 39 percent, Clinton at 29 percent and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards slumping to 16 percent, according to the CNN website. The poll sampled 341 Democratic likely voters and 268 likely Republican voters.
The new data represents a dramatic surge from polling released a day earlier, which showed the two Democratic leaders tied at 33 percent. In September, Clinton led Obama by a more than two to one margin.
A USA Today/Gallup poll out today had worse news for Clinton, showing her trailing Obama by a 41-28 margin. Polls by Rasmussen Reports and by American Research Group also showed Obama with double-digit leads.
Hours before the poll results were released, Bill Bradley, the former New Jersey senator and Knicks legend announced his endorsement of Obama. Bradley lost in the 2000 New Hampshire primary to then-Vice President Al Gore, the eventual Democratic nominee.
Also today, the Clinton campaign announced it had picked up the endorsement of New Hampshire state Rep. Jim Webber. Webber had been a supporter of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, who abandoned his presidential bid two days ago after getting less than one percent in the Iowa caucuses.
-- Martin Evans in Manchester, N.H.
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Yes, Bill has done well, he has managed to sink the good ship HILLARY SOPRANO, and change the face of the democratic party.
Make no mistake this was Bills plan all along.
He wants to stand next to Obama and say Mr. President.
He knew change was the first black running for president not his wife.
in the end there can only be one who was president not TWO.
Hillary Soprano is now learning that lession the hard way.
The photo of the year Bill & Obama together, with Hillary Soprano looking on.
with William Clinton's wife vs Barack Obama,
we have the choice between deepening of the Pakistanization of politics habit in Washington (initiated with Bush lignage), or the demonstration tha american dream can be still alive!