Obama is now either ahead, running dead even, or slightly behind in states that showed
him to be behind Hillary by as much as 30 points less than 3 months ago. And now polls show
him beating McCain by 2 points and less than a week ago the same polls showed Obama behind
McCain.
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Cook/RT Poll: Obama Passes Clinton
Political Wire got an advance look at the latest Cook Political Report/RT Strategies national survey which shows Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. Hillary Clinton, 43% to 37%, just outside the 5.1 point margin of error.
In the GOP race, Sen. John McCain leads Mitt Romney, 39% to 24%, with Mike Huckabee third with 18%.
In general election match ups, McCain leads Clinton by 4 points, 45 to 41 percent; Obama leads McCain by two points, 45 to 43 percent.
February 4, 2008
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/02/04/cookrt_pol...