Rasmussen: Pennsylvania: Clinton 47% Obama 42% (Obama only down 5 points!)

[TAWS]

No April Fools Joke

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/pennsylvania/pennsylvania_democratic_presidential_primary

[meow mix]

1. that was quick.

:toast:

goodnight hilly

[quantass]

2. Obama's consistency in reducing Clinton leads is staggering

[ginnyinWI]

3. Emphasize that this is an uptrend for Obama--

He was down by 15 pts. a month ago:

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Pennsylvania shows Clinton leading Barack Obama by just five percentage points, 47% to 42%. For Clinton, that five-point edge is down from a ten-point lead a week ago, a thirteen-point lead in mid-March and a fifteen-point advantage in early March.
Support for Clinton slipped from 52% early in March, to 51% in mid-month, 49% a week ago, and 47% today. During that same time frame, support for Obama has increased from 37% to 42%.

[DJ13]

4. See, THIS is why we need to keep pressuring her to quit

The more she has to continuously respond to calls for her to quit the more time she spends defending her slim chances, longer she stays off message and Obama gains.

(And the less time she or her surrogates have to try to slime Obama.)

Its really the same tactic her campaign tried to use against Obama when her MSM buddies kept talking about Wright, but unlike the Wright issue this is a valid question to keep hammering her over.

[bluestateguy]

8. I disagree. Give her some space.

Fight her on the issues. Badgering her to quit only deepens her resolve and that of her supporters and risks a backlash.

[4_Legs_Good]

5. How did Rasmussen do guessing Ohio?

I don't remember, but keep in mind that these states which are regarded as "Clinton states" usually do come up Clinton. Closing the gap is great, and I don't put anything passed Obama, but I still don't expect him to win, nor to lose by less than 10 points.

I challenge him to prove me wrong!

David

[TheWraith]

6. I'm not sure how reliable this is.

If there weren't any other factors, I'd call this an outlier, since the others are saying 12 points.

However, there is the possibility that this reflects the impact of the sniper story hitting the popular culture, so it's not totally impossible.

[MidwestTransplant]

7. All because of his bowling skill!

[stratomagi]

9. Lets hope the trend continues.

Unless Rasmussen is pulling an April Fools joke of their own. If not then...

W00T!! W00T!!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Awsi Dooger]

13. Yes, let's hope the trend continues

The trend of misleading polls. Hillary dropped 7 points on Intrade today, from 84-16 in PA to 77-23.

Are Obama speculators really intent to be demographically clueless and allow me to steal another one, similar to CA and OH? Let's have a flurry of tight polls and get this down to 60/40 or lower. I'll play steadily and laugh my ass off.

[Flabbergasted]

10. 11% undecided/other. Good News nt

[rndmprsn]

11. K&R

[meow mix]

12. K&R