Looking ahead: Clinton up in PA
Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:05 AM by Mark Murray
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States, 2008, Polls
PENNSYLVANIA: From a new Quinnipiac Univ. poll: “The momentum in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary battle has shifted back to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who now leads Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 53 – 41 percent among likely primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. This compares to a 49 – 43 percent Sen. Clinton lead in a February 27 poll by the independent Quinnipiac University. In that survey, the momentum was with Sen. Obama who had narrowed a 52 – 36 percent gap from a February 14 poll.”
INDIANA: The Indianapolis Star notices all the attention the Clintons are lavishing on Indiana this week. "Obama was the first to appeal directly to Hoosiers for their votes this year, with a rally and town hall meeting Saturday in Plainfield. But if Clinton lost anything by arriving second, she’s making up for it in the attention she and her husband are paying the state this week. Her visits will include meeting with a small group of people at an as-yet-unidentified diner in Terre Haute, followed by a town hall meeting at the Anderson High School Wigwam gymnasium and a rally in Evansville. Complete details were not available Monday."
Clinton's chief Indiana surrogate, Evan Bayh, "conceded that Obama, from neighboring Illinois, has some built-in advantages in wooing Indiana voters. ‘He’ll outspend Sen. Clinton … he’s been doing that in other states.’ And, Bayh said, about 20 percent of Indiana households get their television news from Chicago stations, so they have been familiar with Obama since he won his Senate seat in 2004.”
