Obama's Lead in National Polls Widens

The ferocious attacks of the last two weeks notwithstanding, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton 48% to 42% in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination: In fifteen months of daily polling on the race, Obama had reached even 50%, a figure statistically identical to the 48% of today. These polls, and the advantage both in popular vote and pledged delegates should strengthen the Senator of Illinois's position in the race.