CNN's latest presidential primary poll from New Hampshire has the Inter Tubes buzzing tonight:
Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois who won last week's Iowa caucuses, led the New York senator and former first lady 39 percent to 29 percent in a poll conducted Saturday and Sunday - a sharp change from a poll out Saturday that showed the Democratic front-runners tied at 33 percent.
Of course, that's nothing compared to this USA Today/Gallup poll:
Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a 13 percentage point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for votes in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll conducted in the state from Friday through this afternoon.
Obama polled at 41 percent to Clinton's 28 percent.
(Both polls have McCain with a single-digit lead over Romney.)
On a related note, check out this NPR story (courtesy of Jason Wiener) about Obama supporters "bum rush[ing] the big donor section" peopled by Clinton donors at Friday political rally in New Hampshire. It kinda illustrates Obama-rama succinctly.
Wiener makes the point that if a leader is elected by a movement, it's harder to ignore that movement, and Obama, if elected, might give us "four years of movement building from the bully pulpit." Or he might figure it's easier to rely on the big donors and the media coverage the second go-round. Whatever. We know Obama is running a people-powered campaign right now, and Clinton's doing the big-money shuffle. It's exciting, and you no doubt know where I stand on the matter.
Anyhoo, the money quote comes towards the end of the NPR segment:
Stephanie Powers, a Clinton volunteer from Washington DC said she's still amazed by all these young women who have abandoned the chance to elect a female president.
"I tell younger women they should've been through the struggle. (Laughs.) They ought to get on their knees and thank her for all the work she did and for those of us who are in her age group, because we've paved the way. And you know what? It's a lot easier now."
Gee, and you wonder why folks are pulling for Obama? |
