Heard something amazing on my commute this evening...Clinton gets more core Democratic support.

[Maddy McCall]

A Pew research representative was being interviewed on NPR. He said that Hillary Clinton polls better than Barack Obama among Democrats against McCain. Clinton pulls in 89% of Democrats. Barack only 81%.

Barack does a little better than Hillary among Independents, though. Barack pulls 49%, where Clinton pulls 45%.

Still, that's a 4% net advantage for Clinton among Democrats and Independents. 4% can make a world of difference in national elections for sure.

I was happy to hear this! I felt like this would be true before I heard the data today. Now I know it!

Edit: Please take three minutes to listen to the interview.
Let's see if I can post the link to the interview here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87775243