The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Barack Obama opening a double-digit lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Today’s results show Obama earning support from 49% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters while Clinton attracts 37% (see recent daily numbers). Perhaps the most stunning aspect of the Obama surge is that he now leads 46% to 41% among women. Clinton retains a lead among the narrower subset of white women, but her lead in that vital demographic is down to just three percentage points.
Rich Lowry has an interesting discussion of why this may not matter as much as it should: http://tinyurl.com/2e95zb Winning “By Any Means Necessary” is exactly what we have come to expect from
+KJSHRC.I’m a little surprised to see this at this point. Slate reported earlier today that Hillary still has a double-digit lead in TX and OH, though I personally see those getting much tighter.
Several months ago it appeared to be unconceivable that Hillary would not win the Democrats nomination.