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California will not be the story. John McCain, once an afterthought, then the front-runner, is seeing his poll numbers in the Golden State sink again. After enjoying leads as high as 19 points, just days after his New Hampshire win, and 13 points, in a CNN/Politico/LA Times poll last week, McCain now owns just a 2-point lead in the latest RCP California Average. The news may be worse than that. A tracking poll for C-SPAN and Reuters, taken by Zogby, shows distinct movement toward McCain's chief opponent in California,

California will not be the story. John McCain, once an afterthought, then the front-runner, is seeing his poll numbers in the Golden State sink again. After enjoying leads as high as 19 points, just days after his New Hampshire win, and 13 points, in a CNN/Politico/LA Times poll last week, McCain now owns just a 2-point lead in the latest RCP California Average. The news may be worse than that. A tracking poll for C-SPAN and Reuters, taken by Zogby, shows distinct movement toward McCain's chief opponent in California,

African-American Democrats stick with her. Bill Clinton sacrificed South Carolina, for victory on Super Tuesday. We'll see if it worked. P.S.-UPDATE-in support of this idea, the most recent CNN/LA Times poll showed that Hillary's support increased from 42% to 47% in California, with Obama trailing at 32%. The poll was conducted largely after and during Bubba's remarks in South Carolina, but only one of the polling days was after the

Catching himself, he added, “I’m not going to be any vice president to John McCain either, that’s not going to happen.” * Clinton and McCain both appear to have comfortable, double-digit leads in California, but there’s still a week to go. * The Obama and Clinton campaigns are apparently hoping anxiously to get Bill Richardson’s endorsement, and the New Mexico governor has said he may make an announcement by the end of the week.

Jeebus, are political reporters stupid? Never mind. Rhetorical question. The thing is, they make us stupid sometimes, too. Since the South Carolina primary, three “new” polls have come out of California, showing a huge Clinton lead there. - The Politico/CNN/LATimes poll has it Clinton 49, Obama 32, Edwards 14, taken January 23-27. - The Gallup poll has it Clinton 51, Obama 33 in a “high turnout” election and Clinton 47, Obama 35 in a “low turnout,” taken January 23-26.

January 28, 2008 Read More: Hillary Clinton California poll I'm breaking my general rule about ignoring polls for one Politico, CNN and the L.A. Times sponsored, which -- conducted mostly pre-South Carolina, and pre-Teddy -- has Clinton strong in California, with most voters saying they've made up their minds. By Ben Smith 08:50 PM | comments (62)

Despite the fact that Senator Obama still seems to be trailing in the big Super Duper Tuesday states and faces a decidedly uphill battle for the nomination at this point, I came to a decision this weekend which, frankly, I found surprising even though it was me making it. I spoke about this in a very candid

11% Those are just a few examples, and I can't wait to compare them to the actual results (hopefully, some time tomorrow night, unless my state's voting machines mess up yet again). Incidentally, a Politico/CNN/L.A. Times poll re: California's (primary on Feb. 5) puts Clinton at 49%, Obama at 32%, and Edwards at 14%. On the Republican side, the poll shows McCain at 39%, Romney at 26%, Giuliani at 13%, and Huckabee at 11%.

SurveyUSA McCain 37, Romney 25, Huckabee 14, Giuliani 12, Paul 4 McCain +12 California Democratic Primary SurveyUSA Clinton 49, Obama 38, Edwards 9 Clinton +11 California Republican Primary Politico/CNN/LAT McCain 39, Romney 26, Huckabee 11, Giuliani 13 McCain +13 California Democratic Primary Politico/CNN/LAT Clinton 49, Obama 32, Edwards 14 Clinton +17

CNN/Los Angeles Times/Politico poll: Dems: Clinton 49, Obama 32, Edwards 11. Error margin: 4 points. GOP: McCain 39, Romney 26, Giuliani 13, Huckabee 11, Paul 2. Error margin: 4.5 points. Read more here and here.