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Today's Gallup tracking poll shows Barack Obama retaking the national lead over Hillary Clinton "after the Jeremiah Wright scandal had badly damaged his numbers and put him behind for nearly a week," says a 3.22 Talking Points Memo report. Obama is now at 48% (up 3) to Clinton's 45% (down 2). Obama's Philadelphia speech last Tuesday combined with Bill Richardson's endorsement "have gone a long way in fixing his poll numbers for now, but he still has yet to fully recover the six-point lead he had in Gallup a little over a week ago."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 22, 2008 at 06:32 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Obama-Richardson '08

Posted by BurmaShave at March 22, 2008 08:28 PM

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LYT says ...

Are there really lots of people out there who think "Oh my goodness, now that I know Bill Richardson feels a certain way, that changes everything!" ?

Posted by LYT at March 22, 2008 08:59 PM

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monetnj says ...

LYT, no I don't think that is what people think. However, his endorsement, the fact that he was a Clinton man, the statements he made and constant reporting of these points has restored something of the sense of inevitability to the Obama campaign. The nearly dead-lock on the pledged delegate numbers Obama maintains has become lost in the shuffle the last couple of weeks. The Richardson endorsement was a reminder.

Posted by monetnj at March 22, 2008 10:09 PM

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D.Z. says ...

LYT: "Are there really lots of people out there who think "Oh my goodness, now that I know Bill Richardson feels a certain way, that changes everything!" ?"

If he was a stronger candidate, I probably would've voted for him for being pro-medical marijuana.

Posted by D.Z. at March 22, 2008 11:13 PM

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nemo says ...

When I lived in New Mexico from 1988 through 1992, Richardson was as much a rock star there as Obama was in Illinois. New Mexico has a small population, but Richardson's word probably carries some serious weight among Latino voters nationwide.

Posted by nemo at March 23, 2008 12:52 AM

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businesstoolz says ...

LYT: "Are there really lots of people out there who think "Oh my goodness, now that I know Bill Richardson feels a certain way, that changes everything!" ?"

Probably not. But t super delegates will.

Posted by businesstoolz at March 23, 2008 05:21 AM