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Rasmusson: In North Carolina, Barack Obama has opened up a twenty-three percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Obama attracts 56% of the vote while Clinton earns 33%. A month ago, Obama’s lead was just seven percentage points. Also, according to the new Gallup: Barack Obama has extended his lead over Hillary Clinton … Read More

The front page of USA Today: “‘I really believe May 6 has the potential to be everything,’ says Joe Trippi… ‘Every day you see increased pressure on Hillary Clinton about why she’s staying in, and if she could win in North Carolina it would shut down that kind of talk and open up the possibility she could get there’ to … Read More

…according to one stunning poll at least: Barack Obama has taken the lead in Pennsylvania, a remarkable turnaround after trailing Hillary Clinton by 26 points in a PPP poll in the state just two and a half weeks ago. Obama’s steep rise could be a reflection of a growing sense among Democratic voters that a continued divisive nomination process will … Read More

Everyone has assumed, quite correctly, that Hillary will take Pennsylvania in the next primary.  She’s enjoyed double digits leads in every poll for months.  Even the Obama campaign isn’t cmapaigning hard there, choosing instead to focus on later states like North Carolina and Indiana. But whoa there. Rassmusson just came out with a poll showing that the Hillary stronghold on … Read More

WSJ: WASHINGTON — Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama’s side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina’s seven Democratic House members are … Read More

He came into town (well, Greensboro) on Wednesday, and packed the house. Hillary made three stops in North Carolina yesterday, including one in Winston-Salem, and Bill is hanging around today.  (In fact, as I look out my window, he’s on the streetcorner just standing there, talking to a hot dog vendor.  Nobody is even paying attention.  Now he’s trying to … Read More

I’d have to say that it really looks like Hillary was caught in a gross exaggeration: Hillary made the above statements in a speech where she was trying to taut her bonafides for that "3 a.m." call. The Washington Post has given her statements "four pinocchios".  Sinbad (the comedian), who was there, also had a different recollection of the events.  … Read More

(1)  Former candidate Bill Richardson backs Obama (2)  James Carville calls the Richardson endorsement "an act of betrayal" and compares Richardson to Judas. (3)  At AmericaBlog, Aravosis quips: I’m gonna go on a limb here and say that Jesus did not die on the cross for Hillary’s superdelegates. Sounds right to me.

Barack Obama will return to North Carolina on Wednesday to host a town hall meeting in Greensboro. Mayor Yvonne Johnson of Greensboro made the announcement at the Guilford County Democrats this morning, after declaring her endorsement of Senator Obama’s campaign. "Senator Obama has outlined a broad agenda for change and shown his unique ability to bring people of all backgrounds, … Read More

The funny thing about this presidential election, that was present in even the 2004 election, is that people are making up their own advertisements for the candidates, and these ads get seen by millions. Here is an ad for John McCain whicih, I’m guessing, is actually done by Obama or Clinton supporters, because after you see it, you’ll never even … Read More

Here it is: I thought it was amazing (although it reads better than his actual delivery — although, then again, his delivery was better than any other candidates’ could have been). Obama managed to distance himself from the rhetoric of Wright (not a hard trick — in fact he’s been doing that for a couple of weeks now).  But then … Read More

The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll asked respondents what Barack Obama’s religion is. Among registered voters, 37 percent said Protestant. Two percent said Catholic, two percent said "other," two percent said "none." Forty-four percent said they weren’t sure or refused to answer. Thirteen percent answered "Muslim."