Some new numbers from the Washington Post poll lend weight to Obama's claim of electability against John McCain, finding that he's besting the Arizona Senator in a national match-up among all voters by 12 points, 52%-40%.

The poll also finds Hillary beating McCain by six, 50%-44%.

The poll suggests that McCain is besting Obama on "commander in chief" questions, finding that more voters think McCain is the stronger leader, has better experience, has a better knowledge of world affairs, and would better handle Iraq and the war on terrorism. Hillary has argued that Obama will find herself bested on these fronts in a general election with McCain.

Still, the poll's current internals don't do match-ups on the same questions with Hillary, so it's impossible to compare the two Dems' performance against McCain on them.

What's more, the poll finds that voters think that "new direction and new ideas" is slightly more important than "strength and experience," potentially putting a crimp in Hillary's claims about the general. And it finds that Obama leads McCain by substantial margins in multiple other categories, such as personality and temperament, ethical standards and vision for the future.

Numbers here.