Barack Obama has closed the gap on Hillary Clinton in polls in two key early primary states, according to Maggie Haberman of the New York Post:
The Franklin Pierce College WBZ-TV poll puts Clinton at 32 percent and Obama 25. Former Sen. John Edwards gets 16 percent, according to the survey of 401 likely Democratic primary voters, taken March 7-11, with a plus-or-minus 4.9-point margin of error.* * * * *
Meanwhile, a Strategic Vision poll in Michigan showed Clinton with a 5-point lead over Obama, 33 percent to 28 percent, with Edwards getting 14 percent. Another 15 percent are undecided in the poll of 1,200 voters, with a plus-or-minus 3-point margin of error.
The entire article is at the above link.
This mirrors the movement we've seen lately in national polls - including John Edwards being stuck at no more than 15%. Edwards has always pegged much of his hopes on Iowa, where he scored a surprising second place in 2004. He has a strong organization there and he has nurtured it regularly. But Iowa may be do-or-die for him, as Hillary has a double-digit lead in South Carolina, Edwards' other main hope for early success.
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