"a lot of ground to make up"?? Howard, is that you?

C'mon--25 points would be a lot of ground to make up by November....for Obama 5 points is a matter of some town halls and local media appearances. Matchups at this point, before we consolidate around our nominee, are meaningless. I put more stock in the national Gallup poll from a day or two ago showing far more Dems think Obama can win.

The Clinton campaign must be exhausted from moving these goal posts. Luckily the MSM has the memory of a goldfish....

I know that general election polls are only to get a feel of what's going on out there, but why do people put so much emphasis on them? We don't base the results of the general election off of a national poll, or national vote, why should we gage the "strength" of a candidate on them? If you could run a daily tracking poll of the electoral college, then maybe we'd have something, like it or not it's how this thing gets done.

"It would hardly be surprising if the Clinton camp doesn't tout this poll in making their case that they remain the more electable option for the Democrats."

But they don't need to present that case when the media do it for them. Thanks.

Look what she is saying is: my voters are racist" they vote for me not because they like me or are supporting me, they just cannot vote for "the black guy" somebody need to articulate this loudly mybe Keith Can do it, he would be the next "Juda Bin MSNBC"

I believe that "Clinton Delenda est"

When polls are presented in this BS way -- Obama behind, rather than closing the gap, etc., -- I find a level of peace about it knowing that Obama's genuine win cannot be overturned without consequences. It cannot.

So while I do worry about losing in Nov as a direct result of this insane primary, and I do worry about the destruction of the party and the grassroots behind it if cartwheels are twirled and endgames changed, there is tremendous comfort in the confidence that such events will have consequences.

While these polls may be suspect in actual #s, trends within pollsters tend to be fairly reliable, meaning it is pretty obvious Obama is making up a lot of ground...just how much ground is the question.
Also, this poll was conducted through the 30th and is consistent with other polls during that time frame. Other polls that were conducted a few days later (after the bus tour, a few days after the Casey endorsement)all show even more progress from their earlier polls.

Still as long as Obama gets within 10 points, anything else is gravy.

I'm not worried. If the media ever gets around to "vetting" McCain, we'll hear all about how he's a shovanistic scumbag who hung out with hookers and strippers, had multiple adulterous affairs in his first marriage, and dumped his disabled wife for a younger bimbo named Cindy who has a history of overdosing on meds.

If the media never reports this stuff, we'll know they're in the tank. McCain's military service was honorable. The rest of his biography? Not so much.

McCain is the second coming of Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

It is interesting how everyone reads into polls what they want to see. I think these polls show clearly that Hillary has a much better chance of beating McCain than Obama does. Read the article about the Race Chasm and you will see what I mean. I don't think we are ready to have a black president yet in this country. And I don't think the good old boys are too happy about having a woman president either.

..."It would hardly be surprising if the Clinton camp doesn't tout this poll in making their case that they remain the more electable option for the Democrats."

It would hardly be surprising that such touting would be run over by other polling data, such as this tid bit from the NYT CBS Poll:

WHO IS BETTER ABLE TO BEAT MCCAIN IN NOVEMBER?
(Among Democratic primary voters)
Obama is 56%
Clinton is 32

Just wait until Pennsylvania's blue collar industrial workers and retirees hear about Mark Penn meeting with the Colombians -- who don't just bust unions, they assassinate union organizers -- to talk about how to ship even more jobs south of the border! Think they'll wind up voting for a duplicitous liar who can't see a screaming conflict of interest even when it's staring her right in the face?

". If the media ever gets around to "vetting" McCain, we'll hear all about how he's a shovanistic scumbag who hung out with hookers and strippers, had multiple adulterous affairs in his first marriage, and dumped his disabled wife for a younger bimbo named Cindy who has a history of overdosing on meds."

Yes, if the media ever gets around to vetting him.

Or will the media roll over, until we have 4 more years in Iraq and 8000 dead.