Ahh well guess Ms. Clinton's staying in the race is giving her what she needs, a chance to win in 2012!

How is this news? McCain has been pretty much tied with both of them for a while now. And yes, the prolonged Democratic primary IS hurting the Dem's chances.

Thanks to Billary. She will stoop to any low to win!! Sick…

How can we let someone like her even run. I despise her more than ever. Everyone I know does too. We all have seen her nasty tactics.

No one is tied with Clinton. She light years ahead of both of them in every way I can think of.

No big deal. Once the race for Democratic nominee is over, the Party will be united, the partisan hysterics will come to their senses and Mr. Century-of-War will be soundly defeated.

Go McCain! 08

Are we there yet?

Really Randy & Linda its Hillary fault - no I don't think its that people are slowly starting to see who Obama is and Hillary is losing due to the constant media bias!!!

Vote for experience and real change - no a no doer with promises!!

Keep up the good work, Hillary. If you can't be the nominee, then you will at least strengthen McCain. Either is better than Obama.

Hillary is selfish, she just wants to run again in 4 years, so she wants McCain to win. Its disgusting!

The people that are jumping ship if their candidate doesn't get the nomination aren't Democrats… They're idiots.

Do they not realize the next President of the United States might have the chance to put 2 Supreme Court Justices on the Bench. Why would you vote for a Republican and give them that chance.

Forget the candidates, how about for once, the Democrats get over themselves, get on the same ship, and vote the ticket.

It works for the Republicans

Hillary you won….
You wanted it is to be or no one else in Dems.
Lets see how Dems love you after November and your re-election in new york next time.

That is only because we are bickering amongs ourselves, and you have Obama and Hillary voters saying they wont vote for the other candidate if theirs does not win.

We're just a little hot headed right now, but once we have a nominee we'll come together and trounce McCain. He is the weakest Republican Candidate in the last 50 years. So you Repulicans don't get to excited.

It ticks me off to hear democrats say they will vote McCain if their nominee isn't picked. The nominees are almost exactly the same on the issues. They both, however show a sharp contrast to McCain who wants to keep our kids in Iraq indefinately. What a selfish bunch of crybabies. Think of our military families praying for loved ones to come home safely before you make that stupid decision…just because your guy or girl didn't 'win.' Dooming a family to more anguish. Unbelievable.

If Obama is the Democratic nominee, McCain SHOULD win.
I saw the new Obama ad with his grandmother. He'll use her any way he can to win this election - throw her under the bus in a speech, then use her in an ad saying she influenced him. I guess she'll have to go stuff envelopes for him this weekend.

NObama '08

The big winner is John McCain. And this despite an unpopular war and administration, low consumer confidence, record turnout and fundraising, etc. What does this tell you?

President McCain '08

If this isn't proof that Clinton is hurting the Democrats' chances of taking back the White House this year, I don't know what is. She cannot win. Mathematically, her game is up. It's time to drop out of the race so that Obama can focus solely on competing with McCain. This is lunacy.

Polls are all smoke and mirrors that reflect nothing but people's volitile feelings at the moment they are polled. "Opinions" are a fluid and fickle thing. What were "The Polls" saying before Super Tuesday? …That Hillary was "the presumptive nominee". Those same polls had Rudy Giuliani the "pick" of the GOP. Look closely folks. Pollsters are only as good as the questions they ask…the people they ask them to, what day of the week it is, how the weather is, whether they flew on an airline that week… "Polls" are a "snapshot" of a motion picture. You aren't going to get the plot, the denoument, or the climax by viewing a single frame of MOTION.

Who are the pollsters calling?
I never get called. Do any of you?

The inconsistency of polls is overwhelming. If the polls go through academic test, they don't have substance due to their inconsistency. Some days,the polls inform us the majority of Americans oppose the war in Iraq. And th next day,the same polls come back to inform us Senator McCain, who is mitted to pursue the current road in Iraq, is becoming ever popular. Which poll can we trust?

Well, Billary is working on 2012 - that strategy is paying off.

After all, she is more a 'Clinton' than she is a Democrat.

Howard Dean knows well the negative effects this Democratic primary is having on the party, he just won't admit it in public. As days come and go, supporters of Clinton and Obama are getting more and more hardened on their candidate. Democratic voters have a chance here to uplift their country once again but have chosen to throw fits if their candidate is not chosen. This prolonged primary is dooming us all I fear.

This infighting among us Democrats is tearing us apart. If we want to beat McCain and retake the White House, we need to stop tearing each other apart. I'm an adamant supporter of Barack Obama's campaign, but I'm probably going to support any Democrat either way.

Whether or not the race is hurting the Democrats' chances is too soon to tell. It is clear that it's hurting the polling numbers, since people loyal to Clinton may choose to say they'll vote for McCain over Obama to skew the numbers, and vice versa. When the general election comes along, I don't think the Democrats who don't get their nominee will still be throwing a temper tantrum, so the numbers will improve.

They're still in the Gate…

I fail to believe 33% of Clinton supporters will back McCain if they don't get their way. Sure, there are a few confused people here and there, but the majority will come around when the party starts to rally around one candidate.

Hillary is winning john mccain!!!! GO CNN

A lot of people are finding he is just a empty suit made up by the media, if it is not Clinton, I will vote for McCain We some one with experience, and not some one who talks a good speech but how do we know what he really believes???? He and his wife.

For the people that refuse to vote for the candidate they did not back, you all are just not true Democrats or just not very well educated. Both Democrats share very common views on almost every issue.

Get educated on the issues before you vote!

OBAMA 08

It's amazing how CNN and the mainstream media just refuse to say that the results of the poll show:
THAT HILLARY IS AHEAD OF BOTH McCAIN AND OBAMA!

This should tell you Obama supporters who is more proven to beat McCain in the presidential race. All i can say is if Obama gets the nomination, i will change to republican. I lost my interest when Obama would not let Florida and Michigan re-vote. That to me shows him being a hypocrite on the speeches that he gives. Im from Florida and if he would have come through i would have voted for him, but im pulling for Hillary. I wish the media would bring how Obama put the democrates in a bad position in these two states. Hillary may have been wrong about bosnia, but it wasnt like it directly affected the American people. I would rather here this then that of a racist, who everytime gets into hot water, decides then to cover his butt!!! Go Hillary or McCain.

How ya like them numbers Barry?

Do the right thing PA. We need to end this and move on without her.

The poll doesn't take into account the outrage that would occur if Hillary Clinton was handed the nomination by superdelegates even if she didn't win through the primaries and caucuses.

She cannot win the general election without a high turnout of African-Americans, and her desperate strategy to use a crazy retired pastor to win the nomination may cause black Americans to stay at home rather than vote for her.

It is only a pseudo-tie. Once the Dems choose their nominee, their poll figure will surge. McCain will be in for a sucker punch if he don't already know this.

But seriously, why wont the party big wigs persuade Hillary to step aside since it is evident she has only remote chances of winning?

Thats it !!!. Hillary destroyed the DNC

And this can only be attributable to ONE fact! Hillary insists on continuing this race when the chances of her leaping ahead of Obama are close to impossible if not completely impossible at this point.

We were told weeks ago when she was 16% ahead of Obama that she needed to win Penn with double digits however she continues state that she'll remain in the race until—well forever or until she makes it extremely difficult for Obama to over take McCain… This is truly a disgrace! she is a disgrace!! and the democratic part is a disgrace as well for allowing this to happen! She's a racist!

Let the Democratic primary finish the process, new voters are registering, it will be better for the party in the long run. Once that 1/4 or 1/3 vote Democratic in the General the Repbulicans will be swept away.

Hil-Liar's web has been spun and is working.

If McCain wins it will simply add to my confused definition of what Americans strive to be.

Good work Hillary. Just go away.

I am one of the statistics. I hope the democratic Super-delegates hear this! I am a Hillary supporter, and because of the way they have "intimidated" and "bullied" Hillary into "quitting her run for presidency", I am almost ashamed to call myself a Democrat. Of course, I really am ashamed of the Democrats who are part of the bullies. Because of their behavior, I am adamant that if Hillary gets screwed in the remainder of the Democratic nominating process, I will vote for McCain. I will not support the candidate that the "bullies" are supporting. GO HILLARY!

Any Democrat that votes Republican because "their" candidate didn't win, should go outside and start digging holes. Holes for the bodies of American troops, because McCain's stance on Iraq will keep piling up the bodies of our service men and women.

The whole idea of switching parties to "spite" the other candidate is idiotic and childish. Grow up America. You say you want things to change and yet you stay rooted in childish behavior.

Pathetic.

Keep it up, Hillary and Obama. You are both great Republicans.

I see that Hillary is beating Mccain!

This man has not gotten any criticism what so ever in the media and has gotten a free ride in the press, while Hillary tired to beat down Barack.

Can you say Shiite & Sunni, how many times have McCain got this wrong.

Get him off of "The View"

Yep and all of you women lovers out there John McCain opposes “Roe vs. Wade”

Yea go ahead and vote for McCain go ahead and make my day and you won't even have a choice with your own bodies.

Obama 08!!!

Any poll taken with match ups against McCain will the Democratic fighting is still going on is completely misleading. ONce the Democrats have a nominee than take another poll and see how they afre against McCain. As a Republican now turned Independent I am very worried over McCain itching to go to war with Iran.

The prolonged Democratic primary? This is the standard of historical measurements. The 2000 and 2004 primaries being over early were anomalies.

In reality, this normal process favors Clinton against Obama and McCain. It weakens Obama against Clinton and McCain.

If the HRC & Obama mess keeps going McCains number will climb. AMerica is sick of those two.

It means nothing….if you gave 51% of Obama's votes to Hillary, (and it would be much higher) that would put her over the top! Don't forget the Dems are still divided!

Too early to worry about it. Democrats have time to unite. Let the primaries play out and the best candidate win. How is a republican going to win with:

A war raging in Iraq
Budget deficits at record highs
The economy in a tailspin
The dollar tanking against all major currencies
Record Forclosures
A recession just starting.

Republicans can't govern all they do is shift money from our children and grandchildren to their rich friends by giving tax breaks to them and running up huge deficits

Obama CANNOT WIN…..just stop drooling over his speeches and look at HIM for once
Remembr Hiler had a lot of people mezmorized by his speeches too!!!

Is this the scare tactic for the Dems to try to get Hillary to out,?

It should be a sign for Obama to quit.bama will Never beat Mccain
in the election and then we will have another 4 year Bush Whitehouse.
Hillary is the only one strong enough to beat McCain.

Hillary, get out of the pool, your time is up. And if you had run a little cleaner campaign, you may have had a chance. People are tired of the same ole smear campaign techniques. And if you really wanted to smear things, just hire Karl Rove, he's the expert at smear and ruining reputations.

Clinton or McCain! It is just that simple! It is a win-win situation to me!

It is just letting the stronger candidate start to come forward. We don't want to jump to any nomination when it is this close. Everyone needs to get their chance to vote.

History will show that Hillary Clinton is one of the greatest traitors this country has ever seen.

Selfishness, lies, and narcissism are the foundation of her campaign. The Democratic Party is weak and inept. It should have pressured her to get out of the race months agao. Instead, they folded under pressure, and are now seating FL amd MI delegates. Everyone, including the people of these two states and both candidates agreed from the start with the DNC ruling. Now that Clinton is losing the nomination, the DNC is reversing its ruling. That makes me sick.

Wait till the naxt time. This is the beginning of a larger fiasco. A precedent that will lead to many more states playing this game time and again. As long as Howard Dean is in charge of this party, and keeps flip flopping, Democrats will never win back the white house.

See what you are doing Hillary?

Thanks

We need a complete overhaul of the DNC — we gave up the election in 2000, the strategy of "anyone but Bush" clearly didn't work in 2004, and Mr. Dean is likely "not worried these divisions will hold up" because he knows we've already lost 2008. Start planning for 2012 is right.

I don't find this surprising as McCain has had free reign to run around and act "presidential."

I do suspect that after Clinton does drop out of the democratic race that Obama will see a big bump and his support will continue to grow from the Clinton supporters who are smart enough to realize that Obama's and Clinton's policies are virtually identical.

In my mind tied right now = at least 10% up after the nomination is secured.

CNN, I don't believe your Ticker Polls! The Media will have a "Red Face" when Hillary wins it all.
The Media & the Polls are NOT going to control this election, the voters are onto YOU!
It is the most UNFAIR coverage I've seen since Gw ran, What happened to our Democarcy????????????????
Hillary is doing o.k. and when she gets Fla & Mi votes, she'll win. She's the only one that can handle this job. Linda KY

Sounds like McCain is going to loose in the general. Clinton and Obama are dealing with all the mud slinging by Clinton and all MCCain can do it stay tied? Where is McCain's daughter? why is she never on camera or on stage?…Could it be because she is not white? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? We see the Clinton test-tube baby and the Obama kids have been seen on stage, but where is McCain's non-white daughter? Yes, she was adopted, but why is she being hidden?????

Go Hillary………We are with you all the way……In case Obama Banana gets the nomination we, your supporters, as civilized people will not burn cars and cities…. We will politely wait until November and vote for McCain…………………………

CNN never posts my comments because I am not a Obama/Oprah supporter………..

Gee Obama is supposedly so strong but still cant can’t manage to open a statistically significant lead against Hillary.

And if he doesn’t win the critical state of PA after outspending her 3 to 1, then he’s got a lot of explaining to do.

And his lead against McCain from last month has totally disappeared (thanks to Reverend Wright). But Hillary leads McCain – but the Obama whiners will still tout his so called “electability”.

Yes, we can. - UGH

No, you can’t. Not without the 12 Million plus who have voted for Hillary. And believe me, Hillary supporter are so furious with the unfair attacks against Hillary (by the press, by Obama and his supporters) that we may very well sit this election out if she is not the nominee.

We don't need another 70 year old in the White House. Go Obama!

Divided really causes failure.

Way to go Hillary!

You successfully managed not only to torpedo your own failed campaign but your viciously false negative tactics will probably result in the right-wingers keeping the White House.

Why are people saying they are going to jump ship? I thought this election was about ending the war.

How could a Hillary or an Obama supporter vote FOR the war? God, people are so ignorant. That's the real problem with this country.

Vote Democrat '08
End The War!

He'll have the lead, until he goes beserk and loses it… *get it* LOSES IT!!! *slaps knee* hehehehe

I do not think the "extended fight" has anything to do with it !! The divide between Clinton and Obama supports was always there. And polls are really not accurate AT ALL !!

Hillary 08 !!

The Democrates are not looking at the big prize! They are not counting the Electorial College votes it will take to win the presidency. Obama is unelectible because he cannot take the big states. The Obama supporters need to realize this and give their support to Clinton. Otherwise McCain will win.

This just shows why polls are nonsense. The American people will never put McCain in office - they have had enough of warmongers for the last 8 years - they don't want 4 more years of one!

Obama cannot and will not win if he is the Democratic candiate.

McCain will beat Obama because the GOP machine has a few things in store for him. They will not be as nice to Obama as Hillary has been. There are a few things just now coming out on Obama that the main press is reluctant to show. But the GOP is already talking about it.

Hillary Clinton is breaking the federal election law and no one is reporting this? why is that.

They was behind the Canada NAFTA smear campaign against Barack Obama and no one covered it when the truth came out.

Hillary Clinton major flip flop:

When she said to had shock the hands of MLK jr she was a young republician working for Senator Goldwater who was against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In contrast to what she saying now.

Hillary Clinton voted for the War now says she against

She supported Nafta now says she against it

She hires Maggie William help to cause the Housing criss but now says she wants to help keep America in their houses. Her lobbyist who gave her money to keep quiet.

He against the Columbian Free Trade agreement is but she against it now.

The Clinton is guilty of not being truthful they have a history of just saying anything to get elected…

Clintons Lie, Lie, Lie and continue to lie..

Why do you keep "moderating" me out of the blog?? not enough typos? no race baiting? not repetivtive enough? over your head?

FOR GOD'S SAKE, EVEN HERE WE FIGHT ABOUT WHO'S FAULT IT IS.

WHO CARES WHO'S STARTED THE FIGHT, LET'S END IT.

democrats need to get with it!! to BOTH clinton supporters and Obama supporters. This is riduculous how this race made a 180 turn!!!

we had this in the bag!!!

LETS GO DEMOCRATS!!!!!

Why does the CNN- ticker say : "Clinton's lead nearly gone" when she has still a lead and OBAMA"S lead is TOTALLY gone ?

CNN's objectivity is totally gone !

HRC & BHO are a pair of losers, whomever comes out on top.

Typical fuzzy math as usual. The heading should read CLINTON AHEAD OF OBAMA and MCCAIN.. .
48-45% is alot better than 45-45%. Typical media; never wanting to give Clinton the EDGE that she so DESERVES. If I were a candidate and saw the 3 point spread vs. an even tie…I'd be very happy.
Go Hillary,thismedia is against YOU and the Americans who voted and who will vote for you BELIEVE in YOU!!!
3 points Still wins!!!!

DONT BE A KYLE
(Listen to the Stephanie Miller show to understand what I just said)

Actually, Hillary LEADS McCain by 3 and Obama is tied! Take note superdelegates…saw 3 more came out for Hillary today!

wow you people(Obamabots) are so clueless

Cause she is tied with him now you blame her, wow just wow, unbelievable what you hypnotized kool-aid drinkers will say.

Again, more evidence that Hillary's refusal to drop out of the race is damaging the entire party. Thanks Hillary for making it more likely we will see more of the same republican politics. Is she really this selfish that she would rather ruin 08 election for democrats so that she can run again in 4 years??? I think she is!!! We know she will say anything to pick up votes…..even make up stories!!!

pissed off American!

Hillary got 3 more superdelegates today! How come CNN isn't saying anything about it?

Uhhh, it's April!! The votes don't start until November. CNN is being silly and they're dumbing down the electorate by trying to make people think these extremely early polls matters. Remember CNN polling headlines in early 2007, where they all but declared HRC the nominee.

Former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff a superdelegate will endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when the New York senator appears this evening for the Allegheny County Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner at Heinz Field.

Hillary 08

I bet these polls have something to do with Hillary attacking Obama with negative ads and also she praise McCain and leave Obama out in the cold by his self. Hillary i blame you for destroying the demoncrate party

You know, I think people are not surprised. I mean, when you have a "war", people are not always gonna be happy……

We reap what we sow. If we as democrats cannot support the party that we align with the most, we have no right to be upset when we lose control of the presidency, and thus all newly appointed judges, for another 4-8 years.

I believe my mother would call this cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

I have no clue if McCain will be a fully functional president. He is TOO OLD for the job. I can't imagine voting for a person who cannot remember things which are important to US.

all but a few of Clinton and Obama supporters will eventually come to grips with the nomination and fall in line.

Would they really vote to keep people from getting health care and extend the war indefinitely just to spite the democratic party? Really?

Of course, they will vote against Clinton and Obama in polls, which is why Obama alone - with 33% of Clinton supporters voting for McCain, is even with McCain; and Clinton alone - with 25% of Obama supporters voting for McCain, is even with McCain.

The democratic nominee, whoever it is, based on the numbers in this article, is currently beating McCain, by about 60% to 40%.

Looks very likely that we will manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again. A vast majority of Republicans dislike McCain, but they will still vote for him. Is the Democratic party so petty that we can't see past our own bias. I'm not fond of Clinton, but I'll plug my nose and vote for her if I have too. Let's hope we come to our senses before November.

Obama can not win the the GE!! He will not win now or ever against McCain. The hope and change man is a figment of your imaginations!

Very old news indeed. The last time AP polled was 6 weeks ago. A lot has changed in that time with at least a couple of dozen recent polls showing more or less a dead heat whether it's McCain-Obama or McCain-Clinton. So this AP polls is basically no change from other polls in April. The more relevant recent change is Obama pulling away from Clinton as the Democrats' preferred nominee in national surveys, typically by a margin of 8 to 10 points (a bit less in some surveys), and Clinton's negatives climbing significantly (now around 53% or 54% negative in most surveys, compared to 45% or so for both McCain and Obama).

Historically bad news, for the dems..

People don't believe the Polls! The Polls change like the wind and there are so many of them, one doesn’t know what poll is accurate. By next week, it will be something totally different.

Obama's lead is dwindling 'cause he lacks courage. Firstly, he always lets surrogates speak for him. He never speaks for himself. That's cowardly. Clinton speaks mostly for herself. Secondly what Obama did to Alice Palmer will never be forgotten in Chicago for many of us. Yup, he said you had to follow the rules, and then spoke for himself saying she set him up, and in this cowardly attack, a black woman activist and senator was thrown under the bus. Obama is trying desperately to do this to Hillary, but because some of us remember his wardice his new line of attack is to let someone else do the speaking! Thirdly, he tries to portray himself as white and black (grandmother ad); but he admits his identiy is black. He simply cannot fool all of us all of the time by pretending to be what he is not!

Obama will win if he is the Democratic candidate.

Edgar - Orlando, Florida

Sorry, Edgar, but you wouldn't know what a promise is if it smacked you aside the head. I know this because Hillary has beaten you brain-dead with too many of them. How about this one in DC "I PROMISE TO GET DC THE RIGHT TO VOTE!"? or this one "I PROMISE TO GET THE TROOPS OUT IN 60 DAYS!"? or this one "I PROMISE TO GIVE EVERY AMERICAN HEALTH CARE!"?

No… don't sound familiar? You do realize that if she's elected and she doesn't do those, she's going to be criticized for it because they are promises.

So to hold 'campaign promises' against a candidate is foolish… it's politics, pal, everything is a promise.

This has been the status quo for a long time now. Why is CNN reporting it like its breaking news? I check the polls every day and this has been consistent for weeks.

Why should us Clinton supporters vote for Obama in November when he stole the primary by refusing to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan. How is this a fair election. Between this and Obama's affliation with Rev. Wright, Obama's not readty to be President-not in '08.

Anne, PA

Headline should read "CLINTON LEADS MCCAIN IN POLL". But no..CNN chooses not to highlight anything positive about Clinton. And, of course, the reason for hios loss in the poll per CNN? Hillary…shame on you CNN with all your biased reporting.
Obama's phone buzzes in pants..SOP THE PRESSES! Obama wore a funny hat at his first job..STOP THE PRESSES!!

Roy April 10th, 2008 4:17 pm ET

The Democrates are not looking at the big prize! They are not counting the Electorial College votes it will take to win the presidency. Obama is unelectible because he cannot take the big states. The Obama supporters need to realize this and give their support to Clinton. Otherwise McCain will win
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EXACTLY!!!

I wish there was a Republican in the race somewhere….

It would be childish and shortsighted for a Democrat to vote Republican in response to not getting his or her way.

McCain was/is an honorable man. He has served our country well, but he is not Presidential material and the thought of him answering a 3AM call gives me nightmares. He also sees the military as the primary foreign policy tool. The diplomats can talk if anyone is left standing.

That may sound great to the John Wayne aficionados, but we'd do well to remember the Soviet Union crashed and burned trying to hustle the East.

It's going to take a Barack Obama to start putting the country back together after the Bush disaster. That said Clinton is a preferable to McCain as caretaker and may even steer the country back to the path.

It's to early to take this kind of poll seriously. The Dem's are still competing. When the winner is announced, McCains lead will go bye-bye. And please Democrats, support whoever wins. We need a Democrat in the Whitehouse… Obama or Clinton. Support your party and put your disappointment aside. This is not a "play" election, this is our lives!

Go Mac, you can beat both!

All,
Something does NOT add up here regardless of who you support. Why is it announced that Clinton is behind Obama by 8pts but she beats McCain by 3pts where Obama matches him? I know polls are screwed up but this doesn't make sense. If you read it correctly Hillary has a better chance to beat McCain than Obama does but Obama has a better chance of beating Hillary… lgoically the polls make no sense. I am a Hillary fan and I would not vote for Obama at all but I am trying to make sense of these polls.

Peter - I'm glad you think so! Then I look forward to seeing you in my office in January. You want to keep us in war, then I await your enlistment!

Lou that was very well put. This is not a popularity contest. It is a fight to get the Rep. out of office and the soldiers home. Maybe the war doesn't affect your family directly right now, but it will someday. Its easy to make jokes like Hillary did about sniper fire and lie about her daughter being in danger on 9/11 when other people have lost loved ones. Look at the death toll in Iraq already just this month. You young people have the right to vote be responsible with it. This is not about 1 person and their dreams and desires but this is about your country, your future, and your childrens's future.

I say GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep fighting Don't give up just Don't give up. Let Obama start answering some tough questions and be honest for once not the same old speech………………….

Funny how those who say "Oh, polls don't matter" are latching onto this recent one.

As an Obama supporter, I definately find the numbers troublesome. I think McCain isn't as easily hated as George Bush so that's a reason he's seen as electable. Make no mistake though - it would be a HUGE mistake if American voters put him in the White House.

As for Hillary Clinton supporters - the 1/3rd of you willing to jump ship to McCain if she doesn't win the nomination - are just plain spoiled little brats who if they aren't willing to play nice unless you get your way. It's absolutely obnoxious and something I'd expect from an uninformed voter who is frankly abusing their right. I call it like I see it!

REMEMBER - Even Hillary Clinton said that if she loses the nomination for you to vote DEMOCRATIC.

"Obama held a 51-41 percent advantage to McCain."

Where? When? Never! If these numbers were somewhere they sure weren't publicized!
This is a crock, something put out by the Clinton campaign? HA! When did Obama ever really have a clear lead over McCain? Never! So where in the heck is this coming from???? Anything from the clinton campaign to make it look like Obama can't beat him and that only she can. Give me a break CNN, shame on you for publishing this garbage. Also, if there is any truth to this at all, so what? These kinds of numbers will continue to be like this as long as Peppi long stockings is still furling around the fireplace! When she drops off, these numbers will change dramatically in favor of Obama, which they have already in many other states where he is leading McCain.

Get it together dopes, or we'll have 4 more years and you won't have Nader to blame this time.

The Democratic Party is divided half and half and will give McCain advantage…THIS IS REAL. Even if Hillary will drop tomorrow from the race (very unlikely) a lot of us are going McCain just because the "hope" hoopla does not ring well and all the spill hate over Hillary by the Obama supporters is a real turn off. Neither Obama nor his supporters seem to realize they are going to need all our votes to carry him to the Whitehouse in November. By disenfranchised the voters in Florida and Michigan by the DNC will diminish the chances of BO winning the general elections since he never demostrated any interest in fixing the problem, just poiting fingers. I feel Obama should have been fitting for every vote to be counted.

Switching parties because you 'dislike' a candidate. Hmmm, I thought you had to be 18 years old to vote. That is Middle School behavior. Stick to the issues, then vote!

Democrat 08!

This is exactly why Clinton needs to stop and bow out. She's the best thing that could have happened to McCain and the Republicans.

Obama can and will win if he is the Democratic candiate.

Early polls mean nothing. Quit trying to make a story where is isn't one.

Only an Obama supporter would think the two are interchangeable! Hillary has so much more experience and is a true public policy person. Obama is nothing more than a greedy, green politican. If he is the nominee, I'm voting for McCain!

As a lifelong Republican, I am terrified of the prospect of McCain having to go up against Obama. He really stands no chance whatsoever. I'm depressed : (

I think the polls are going to just get worse for Obama. I for one am a hard core democrat. I agree with the Democratic platform almost 100%. However, I will not vote for Obama.

I cannot even be sure he is a patriot. He is friends with terrorists and obviously a student of Black Liberation Theology for the last 20 years.

Obama supporters need to face the facts. Obama is not electable. Hillary has done everything possible not ruin this guys career. I think it is time to put him under. She needs to go ahead and finish throwing the kitchen sink at him, b/c CNN and these other liberal media stations won't do it. They'll wait until he gets the nomination and the Republicans will let him have it.

Hillary 08 or McCain… No Obama

Just that the independent voters know more and more about Obama.

I don't know if a short campaign time will help or hurt Obama, i.e, all swift-boat ads from September to November ? probably will hurt.

Thanks HIllary, Will Chelsea be serving in Iraq or Iran?

Hillary will never be President of the United States. She has lost to many voters. Young, new voters, Independents and African Americans. That just to name a few!!

This msg is to all the voters that may be planning to vote republican, if Obama wins. Don't bury yourself or your family members any further. Because if you think the last idiot you may have voted for did you wrong for 8 years, just be a sucker and vote for that way again. See some of us know how to cope with adversity. You think you up to the challenge. Vote McCain, I dare you.

Excuse me, but the reason that I'd sooner vote republican than for Obama is because I'd rather have a bad president than an a two-faced, double-standard hyppcrit like Obama.

I won't vote for that pied piper…perod, and if that means I have to vote against him, so be it.

And that makes two votes, because it will be the first time in years that I won't be canceling out my husband's vote!

Dems need to vote Dems either way!! Those of you that will switch to McCain if your nominee isnt the DEm winner will regret it for 4 years.

Vote Democrat either way, their plans are 96% the same!!!

Poor, poor dumbocrats. They thought the 2006 vote was to end the war, instead the newly elected dumbocrats funded it further. Now they believe the 2008 presidential vote will end the war, but they are fooled again. None of the candidates will end the war, and only one of them is honest about it…McCain

I don't think McCain is ahead because of the Dems fight - I believe he is gaining simply because both Hillary and Obama are under the light now (finally) and America is seeing them for who they are, liberals not fit to serve as President.

No worries here! McCain will not make it for President. I hear over and over and over about experience. Experience forgetting the difference between Sunni and Shiite. Duh! Not once, twice or even three times but FOUR. Give me a break!

When Hillary drops out, it will be on!!! All you Obama haters, get used to it. It will happen. Polls yeah right!!!!

Go Hillary………We are with you all the way……In case Obama Banana gets the nomination we, your supporters, as civilized people will not burn cars and cities…. We will politely wait until November and vote for McCain…………………………

CNN never posts my comments because I am not a Obama/Oprah supporter………..

As the voters started learning about Obama from sources other than his polished speeches, his momentum slowed down. If everything we know about Mr. O. today was known in 2007, Obama would not have become a household name.

Hope he becomes the Dems nominee!

* * McCain-Powell * * 2008!

In spite of the mainstream media and the uninformed fawning over Obama and his pretty boy looks and rousing speeches in which he sounds good but says nothing substantive, Conservative America will slowly unite (just like '00 and '04) this summer and get behind McCain.

Even Conservatives who don't agree with his stance on some issues will vote for him in the long run….because they sure aren't going to vote for one either one of those liberal/socialists (especially Billary) when it comes down to it!

"HOPE" is not a method….only a nice sound bite

Thomas in LA…. it's not Hillary's fault diphead. Half of the voters are for her and that's why she won't and shouldn't give up. Obama will not win as too many dems don't buy into him.. they would rather vote four years for McCain.
Obama needs to get out now or we won't win at all.

NO- it's not Hillary hurting the party that's giving McCain a boost… it's people not quite having 100% confidence in Obama. Hillary would be such a stronger choice….

Please. This poll means less than nothing. Do you really think that with our 2 second attention span that it will matter what Obama is fighting with HRC over 2 months from now. The dems have not even turned their attention to McCain. Whomever is the nominee will come out of the convention like they were shot out of a cannon. They'll have a 10-20 point bounce in the polls from that alone. THEN they will bring the full brunt of democratic energy, fund raising, new voters, ground game, etc. to bare. McCain will be crushed in this election, no matter how much CNN and the rest of the mainstream press kiss his butt and pump him up. He is 8 years too late. It's time to move on.

In some more bad news for Obama:A new Marist poll just released in New York state shows Obama losing to Mccain 48-46,and Clinton winning over Mccain 48-46.
How can we nominate a candidate that cannot win the most democratic state in the country?
I think Democrats need to wake up and realize that our only chance to win the white house is make Hillary Clinton our nominee.

Clinton cannot win with 48% negativity. No person with negative numbers the high can win an election. Clinton, and her supporters, need to take basic math again.

Clinton needs to find a graceful exit. She's earning the title of Nader the Second.

TO OBAMA: Jay Rockefeller stood up to McCain, saying He Was,
a Warmonger. I love this man. Any chance he can be your V.P or
in your cabinet. He has balls. He verbally went after the Warmonger.

I really believe whatever Democratic nominee we present would poll well with McCain once that nominee was clearly pitted against him.

The problem is the aspirations of Mrs. Clinton, as well as her ego are hurting Obama and herself. She needs to dropout for the sake of the party's chances to regain the whitehouse. She's behind in delegates, popular vote, and states. Soon her superdelegate lead may evaporate as well. Obama while being unknown has led a successful campaign admist a few media disasters and still is the clear front runner despite her huge name.

Not all states need to be heard from to pick a democratic nominee. I'm sorry. If that was the intent, then all primaries and caucases would be held on one day. We have a clear front-runner and should allow him to prepare for the tough battle against McCain. If this goes all the way to the convention, there simply won't be adequate time to engage McCain and pull way ahead in public perception. Thanks Sen. Clinton.

All of these pre-general election polls are flawed.

The Obama supporters will spite Clinton and prefer McCain over her.

The Hillary supporters will spite Obama and prefer McCain over him.

Neither of the two sets, in November, will feel this way. So you might as well scrap all these VERSUS polls until a nominee is selected.

I AM A DEMOCRAT AND IF OBAMA IS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE I, ALONG WITH MANY CLINTON SUPPORTERS WILL BE CASTING A VOTE FOR MCCAIN.

DON'T BLAME HILLARY YOU OBAMABOTS, IT'S BECAUSE OF OBAMA.

To Poster Jim Shimmer who says:
"Everyone I know detests Hillary". Well, funny, but everyone I KNOW detests Obama. He is a fraud! Hey Everybody..THE EMPORER HAS NO CLOTHES!!!!!!

Easy to so but difficult to do. Obama can give big speech and refer–"I gave a speech", some people may be mesmerised by the speech but not everybody. Obama is the democratic nominee and McCain is the president. I'm ready for 4 more years, are you?

Men are vile pigs! They rape, they murder, they plunder. It is time for women. Rise Hillary Rise! This is the Age of Eve. Hillary '08

and in four years all of the low-income clinton supporters will be crying about how they lost their jobs and can't afford healthcare because of mccain. so feel free clintonites - teach of all of the obama supporters who actually benefit from the bush tax cuts a lesson.

It's no coincidence that McCain went from so far behind to tied after becoming the presumptive nominee and having time to go along with his own business rather than fight with other Republicans. It wasn't until Huckabee dropped out that this became true.

Translation: This unnecessarily prolonged race is hurting the Democrats while McCain sits on the side and laughs. Hillary, you have a 5% chance of winning. This primary isn't about the American people nor the Democratic party any more, it's about the own, selfish pursuits of Hillary Clinton.

I have adopted a very cavalier attitude toward McCain winning the presidency. I've learned from the past two presidential elections that people do exercise extraordinarily poor judgment when selecting a leader. We have all the proof we will ever need of that fact when we look back at Bush's tenure in the WH. 4 million voters voted for Bush in 2004 SOLELY because he was opposed to gay marriage and stem cell research. Those 4 million people either didn't know or didn't care about what the war in Iraq was costing us in lives and taxes. They are single issue voters, simplistic to the point of stupidity.

If the voting public chooses to go for the old guy who wants to continue an endless, unwinnable war, who will continue a foreign policy that will destroy any remaining respect the world has for this country, a war which will bankrupt us and destroy our military, then who am I to object or become upset about that? All I can do is vote. And my vote has exactly the same weight as the rest of those people who will vote for McCain because he's opposed to abortion or because he's "a guy you can have a beer with."

In the end, this country gets exactly the government -and the leadership-we deserve.

Democrats for Mc Cain '08!

I was called for a poll last weekend, I am one of the Hillary Supporters who will vote McCane. Obama reminds me of a far left Bush, I'm tried of a smirking prez, and Obama is as bad as Bush, just far left.

Hillary or McCane

ITS 3AM IN THE MORNING AND BILARY ARE STILL DIVIDING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND STILL DECEIVING VOTERS……

As someone who is completely neutral, it's time for supporters of both Hillary and Obama to stop lashing out at each other. It's seem to only be dividing your party more and more. I agree, both candidates have had their problems (Hillary more I guess), but ultimately both are capable of running your country well. It's time to put your petty differences aside and focus on the bigger picture.

Hillary ought to pack her bags and hit the road. She is fighting a loosing battle that is only damaging the party. She is part of the institutional problems that need to be changed. She has had her day in the sun. No get out of the way so we can moce on.

This must come as very bad and alarming news to the "elders" in the Democratic party, and it should.

It's time for them to get on the horn and force the supers to make their moves……NOW!!!

They have said it all along,McCain is at the advantage.If this goes on
much longer the Democtats can kiss the Whitehouse goodby.

The polls right now don't even matter. They are not polling the groundswell of voters that will move the election strictly to a democratic candidate. the only problem I have is the number of Hillary supporters who OPENLY admit to not wanting to vote for Obama, where Obama supporters are more willing to back Clinton. I wonder why those voting for her won't vote for him.. anyone care to speculate..

Its obvious that Republicans are mindless drones but are democrats so upset at the contest that they would pull their support from the nominee.. is a united hope front that bad that they would rather let another republican in office and take us further down the road to annihilation?

I am an independent who is for Hillary, I will not vote for Obama simply because his 'change policy' is just words no substance..he is too inexperienced, haven't heard about what changes he made in his state. Anyway, to get back to the point my husband and I will go for McCain even though we are dead set against Republicans (look at the mess we are in). McCain is the best of a bad bunch.

olls are only good for what they are called. If they are those out their that think John McCain has a chance to be our next president are really living in fairy-land. This man has a frightening history of what we call in the medical profession PTSD. Beside, his memory lapses are border-line dementia. Remember I quoted this 4/10/008. Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran is no slip of tongue. Not knowing your enemies
is a definite loss of memory. Puting it together spells pre-senile dementia. Now let us see all his medical records.

Obama cannot win if he is the nominee. He will lose Florida and Ohio. Democrats, use your heads not your hearts.

Bitter Hillary fans turning to McCain. They'll be back.

No one knows exactly what is going to happen. Stop playing fortune teller. Posting comments stating that any one of the three candidates is going to win or lose "for sure" is absurd. Everyone take a deep breath and hold it. November is still quite a while from now…

Leila–are you nuts?? Hillary has used her dad in PA to get votes–she didn't live in PA long, if at all, she uses her father living there. So how it that different than Obama and his grandmother or his family??

Double standard–you think that what ok for Hillary is not ok for Obama!

Wrong!!!!!!!!!

BE FAIR!!! Oh forgot Clintonites aren't fair!!!

So you still think this drawn out lying, mis-speaking war is not affecting the Democratic party?? THINK AGAIN! Give it up Clintonites. You are ruining our chances! But I know HRC only cares about herself, not the party….. What was I thinking???

NO Problem!!

MaCain 08
Hillary 12 — For Sure!

John McCain is actually a better choice than Obama. I am a democrat and I can see that. This country needs experiance, not retoric. Obama has not been vetted and the media's love affair is part of his problem. I think Clinton would stand a better chance against McCain in the general election. Despite the media's attempt to de-rail her, she is the strongest person in the contest with the best plan. Also, the polls that are coming out are misleading..its my understanding that the samples taken where mainly African American voters. Another poll taken with 2000 evenly divided voters shows Clinton 70% to Obama's 30% in PA, the media is not reporting this…why?? It favors Clinton. You prob will not see this post either.

I guess a lot of people are not buying into the prophecy.
That one shall come from both races and lead us into the promised future.

I like how the Hillary supporters spew the Survey USA poll as evidence that "some polls show her as high as 18%". One poll, one poll does. The latest RCP (realclearpolitics.com) poll average has her at 7.8%, with the SUSA poll the ONLY one showing her above 10%. That, to me, says the SUSA poll is an outlier, which means the real average is likely 5%.

Of course people will blame Hillary for this. Obama supporters better take head and not be so nasty with Hillary supporters, because while your canidate may win the battle, he wont win the war in november. I wonder why the ticker didnt say Hillary beating mccain by 3 points. If she were losing they would have said it.

CNN, you need to give us a margin of error, sigma, critical value, or confidence level. We should be able to see where our candidates are at from a realistic range.

I hope Hil-LIE-ry is happy…. she will not be President in 08 nor 2012 (she will be more of an old hag then too). Not only will she lose the nomination but the Democrats will again form a circular firing squad and snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Didn't she say once that she would drop out if she lost Texas. Obama got more delegates from Texas than she did.

I am so tired of the Clintons. No more HilBillies in the White House!

POLLS

U MEAN THE FINAL RESULT???

Hillary will never win. She can make Obama loose and destroy the democratic party.
I will not vote for Hillary if she is the nominee and I will not vote for her in New York or if she run again after 4 years
May be I should say I'm no longer democrat if a person like Hillary will be allowed to destroy the party.

America will come to its senses and stop wasting money on the war. We also do not want a liar and crybaby, so nobody's left but Obama!!!

48 to 45 does not put Hillary ahead! Sorry, there is a +- 3% margin of error, which means all 3 candidates are DEAD EVEN. Hillary isn't beating anybody, but who cares, there will be a new poll out tomorrow.

Hillary'08!!

Hello President McCain. How are you today. Heard from Obama or Clinton lately?

I would love to see a poll that reflects the political reality of a 50 state by state poll for the electoral college instead of a national poll, as we do not vote in a popular manner as polling suggests for president. As 2000 told us, it does not matter what the majority of the people think, it is how the states think individually on a majority of 270.

Half way through the Iraq hearings, John McWar left.
Nothing to learn.
Nothing to hear.
Nothing to ask.
He's another Decider.
100 more years of war

that is why the Rep media wants O to run agains Mac…they know O doesn't have a chance.

Tanya k you are an idiot to think Obama will not win, I bet you anything you did not finish high school. Once obma is the nominee of the democraitc party this numbers will change dramaticlly I would say 60/40 (Obama/Mcsame).

Has it occurred to you guys that you have to combine the Obama/Clinton vote…because regardless of how much supporters of each do not get along right this moment….the very second we have a nominee to run against McCain you will see a BIG difference in this silly poll

AS I AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN SAYING —MORE AND MORE—-OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. WE DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM.—-HE IS A FOLLOWER OF 20 PLUS YEARS OF SOME RADICAL MINISTER——-HIS WIFE MICHELLE IS ANTI–AMERICAN.—–MAYBE OBAMA IS ALSO.—-DOES NOT SALUTE TO THE FLAG—-ECT.——WHO IS THIS ROOKIE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS???????????? GET WITH IT PEOPLE .——- WOULD YOU REALLY HIRE A ROOKIE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.??????——WE ALL KNOW BETTER!!!!!

Thank you Hillary Bosnia Clinton. Shame on You

Obama supporters are the BIGGEST hypocrites EVER!

When they blocked the counting and re-vote effort for FL and MI they said "so what, they (FL and MI) broke the rules".

Now, when we're towards the end of the primaries they want to end the primaries now and declare a winner. Well, you know what Obama fans? These are the rules! The remaining states scheduled their primaries in accordance with all the rules and they deserve to vote! So SHUT UP!!!

If Obama's numbers can't handle a primary season then maybe he should drop out!

This is the main problem with prolonging this Democratic Primary. All the people that say let things play out are ignorant to the damage this is doing to the party. I know there is 7 months until the general election but the games played by the Clinton Campaign in the primaries has made it as such that if Obama isn't the nominee based upon all the votes he has, all the delegates he has, all the states he has won, more Obama Supporters will defect. I think that is being underreported.

I only see people who email or say in interviews they will support Clinton. I don't think diehard Obama supporters would because they would feel the nomination was stolen from them. Also we see Hillary Clinton the other side of the McSame coin. She would be no different and probably worse. If the democrats took this election as seriously as they should they would have ended this senseless keeping Hillary in the race when she has lost so many times process.

And Hillary will Never set foot in the WH…No more dynasties ……never

Mr. Frakes once again you show your ignorance. Blame your legislator in your state(Fla.) for your vote not counting not Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton (eventhough she wants too claim a moral victory) It was your politicians who changed the rules to get the upper hand it failed now you all loose. In the future perhaps you should vote against your state legislator. The states that played by the rules (Tennessee) guess what our vote matters.

Too those who choose to vote for the other candidate because he or she did not get the go ahead. You sound like a buch of babies who did not get their way. So what vote for whomever out of spite but keep it to yourself.

THESE POLLS ARE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATIC RACE STILL HAS TWO VIABLE CANIDATES.
THEY ARE TIED LIKE THIS BECASUE THERE ARE THREE CANIDATES RUNNING IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THE DEMOCRATES ARE STILL VOTING WITH WHOME THEY WANT TO RUN AGAINST JOHN MCCAIN.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO COMPARE HOW WELL THE CANIDATES ARE DOING IN THE PRIMARY RACE TO THE ONE CANIDATE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION RACE…..THEY ARE COMPLETLY DIFFERENT.

THE ONLY CHANCE MCCAIN HAS( AND ITS STILL SMALL) IS IF THE DEMORCATES FRACTURE AND THREE CANIDATES RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

Wow… Amazing…. Talk about either uneducated or just ill-read, but you Hillary supporters just don't get it. Obama didn't do anything for FL and MI, in fact he helped promote it. On another point, HILLARY WAS ALSO FOR THE DELEGATES BEING TAKE