CBS/NYT Poll: Obama Still Leads Hillary, But Doesn't Do As Well Against McCain
The latest CBS/New York Times poll has some good news and some bad news for Barack Obama. The good news is that despite the recent headaches of his Pennsylvania loss and the reemergence of Jeremiah Wright, he's actually leading Hillary Clinton by a little more than he was four weeks ago:
Obama 46% (+0)
Clinton 38% (-5)
On the other hand, he now doesn't do as well against John McCain as Clinton does:
Obama (D) 45%, McCain (R) 45%
Clinton (D) 48%, McCain (R) 43%
Another danger sign for Obama: In the last poll his personal rating was 43% favorable to only 24% unfavorable. Now it's 39% favorable and 34% unfavorable, a ten-point increase in his negatives. On the other hand, this is still better than Hillary's 36%-42% rating, and McCain's 33%-34% rating.





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