Posted on 02/03/2008 4:17:53 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
State poll shows huge gains by Obama, McCain
John Wildermuth,Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writers
Sunday, February 3, 2008
A startling surge of support for Barack Obama has catapulted the Illinois senator into a virtual tie with Hillary Rodham Clinton in California's Democratic presidential primary, a Field Poll released Saturday shows.
Arizona Sen. John McCain lengthened his lead in the state Republican primary, grabbing a 32 to 24 percent edge among likely voters over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was at 13 percent and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 10 percent.
But the Democratic numbers are the shocker. Clinton, a longtime California favorite, saw her once-commanding lead slip to two percentage points, 36 to 34 percent, in the new survey. That's down from the New York senator's 12 percentage point lead in mid-January and a 25 percentage point margin over Obama in October.
But with 18 percent of Democratic voters still undecided just days before Tuesday's primary, the election is still up for grabs, said Mark DiCamillo, the poll's director.
"It's an unusually volatile election, with a very high number of undecided voters and so many moving parts," he said. "It could be a very, very close election."
The head-to-head matchups between the Republican and Democratic candidates highlight both Clinton's loosening hold on California voters and McCain's growing strength in the state.
Clinton now clings to a bare 45 to 43 percent lead over McCain in a projected California presidential vote, down dramatically from her 17 percentage point margin just two weeks ago. Obama now holds a stronger 47 to 40 percent margin over the Arizona senator, but that's only half the 14 percentage point advantage he had in mid-January.
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And this is before the Oprah Bomb hits CA today! By this evening, Hillary may really be able to squeeze out a tear or two.
Its winner take all for delegates by congressional district in California on Tuesday.
Romney can win there but it will be tough to beat McCain in a crowded field with Huckabee and Paul splitting votes.
Romney needs a win in California to counter Mccain’s strength in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
It would be good to see Hillary lose but bad to see Obama win. :-(
McCain needs the endorsement of Chuck Hagel. The reminder of McCain’s true conservatism will help push him over the top! /s
Nothing good can come from this election.
You may have to vote for Hillary to defeat Mccain.
I would prefer to go against Hillary and I think that will still be the case.
McCain will need all the Democratic votes he can get to defeat Hillary on election day. Personally I think I’m busy doing something/anything else that day.
Looks like Ann Coulter already came to that conclusion.
Huckabee spent time in Massachusetts yesterday.
There’s no way he can win there. He should have been down south.
It made no sense other than an attempt to split off votes and push McCain through.
Paul Celucci, the former governor of Massachusetts, was out promoting McCain yesterday.
Polling shows Romney ahead but they are pusing to take that state, too.
McCain is doing a triangulation strategy. That’s how Bill Clinton won the WH.
I will vote for McCain.
With McCain there is only one issue...Iraq. And even his position on that has been a mixed bag of contradictions and platitudes. Oh yes, beyond Iraq he will pursue OBL "to the gates of hell". - He won't.
Look he's not my first choice but the sight of Bill and Hillary are too revolting to contemplate. He will mean the end of the Clintons.
Sorry, I think altogether you “believe” too much and you hope as much as you believe. McCain probably will cut SOME spending and increase OTHER spending. He will keep taxes lower and increase carbon taxes. When McCain loses his temper, he’s everything BUT honorable. McCain will NOT unite the GOP... the way Hillary will.
I will have two people to vote for in November I will choose the one who will do the most for the country in a good way for the next 4 years.
The idea of letting the Clintons have the White House again is not conservative its sickening.
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