Pennsylvania Win Propels Clinton in Latest Polls

Posting at Political Intelligence (Boston Globe), Foon Rhee suggests the latest polls hint at a Clinton surge:

“A bevy of new national polls, plus surveys in Indiana and North Carolina -- which hold key primaries on Tuesday -- suggest that Hillary Clinton is closing the gap since her campaign-saving victory in Pennsylvania last week, and that the controversies dogging Barack Obama are having an impact.”

After analyzing results from Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll, NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, New York Times/CBS poll, and Quinnipiac University poll, Rhee comments:

“The polls were being conducted as Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., was making a series of highly publicized speeches and as Obama repudiated him."



Rhee adds:

“In North Carolina, a new WRAL-TV poll says that Obama's lead has narrowed to 49 percent to 42 percent, down from double digits in most prior polling.

“In Indiana, where the race had been a toss-up in surveys last week, Clinton now leads in the three most recent polls. She is ahead 46 percent to 41 percent in a Rasmussen survey, 50 percent to 42 percent in Public Polling Policy survey, and 52 percent to 43 percent in a SurveyUSA poll.”