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The 2008 presidential election will pit Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia against Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, according to a straw poll conducted among conservatives over the weekend. The straw poll was conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. Sixty-four percent of those surveyed predicted that Clinton will win her party's nomination in 2008. Twenty-two percent thought Allen will win the GOP nomination. The poll asked participants which candidate they believe will win, not necessarily the candidate they hope will win. Clinton led other Democratic hopefuls by a wide margin. The runner-up was...