Obama edges ahead in new Texas poll

CNN:

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Texas, according to a poll released eight days before the state's crucial presidential primary.

In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday, 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said Obama is their choice for the party's nominee, while 46 percent backed Clinton.

But taking into account the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for Democratic respondents, the race is a virtual tie.

Clinton had a statistically insignificant 50 percent to 48 percent edge over Obama in last Monday's CNN/ORC poll in Texas.

"The 2-point gain for Obama and the 4-point drop for Clinton are both within the poll's sampling error, so although the survey appears to indicate some movement toward Obama, we cannot say for certain that he has gained any ground since last week," said CNN polling director Keating Holland.

Two recent polls by other organizations also show the race statistically even.

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It appears that Obama has gained some momentum in Texas. He apparently as been successful at adding to the personality cult that has been fainting at his rallies. His concert like appearances are still short on substance and big on creating buzz for his campaign. You have to read his web site to see all the really bad programs he favors and his wish list of expenditures. His absence of knowledge bout military history and strategy is still un questioned at this point. His favored policies on Iraq would create a disaster for the Iraqis and a longer war for the US against the Islamic religious bigots.

Obama's charisma at the debate last week apparently swung a lot of voters.

McCain is running ahead of Huckabee by a large margin. He is benefiting from the support of Texas Republican elected figures.

In a head to head contest between Obama and McCain, I think McCain would easily carry Texas. Hopefully the rest of the country will wise up about Obama's vessel of hope and change. How much longer an he keep quite about his liberalism.

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  1. Brad Williams5:52 PM

    As soon as Recession 2008 starts translating into layoffs, nothing will matter as much to voters as the economy. Hopefully that will translate into NO mandate for massively increasing gov spending, as Obama clearly favors.

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