Clinton makes debut as Obama backer

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) — After 17 months of vigorously promoting her own candidacy, Hillary Clinton made her debut on Thursday as an official backer of Barack Obama.
Clinton appeared before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials meeting in Washington and forcefully argued the Illinois senator would be a strong advocate of the Latino community if he is elected president.
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Earlier, she told the American Nurses Association that “Anyone who voted for me has little in common with the Republican Party.”
Clinton formally backed her onetime rival nearlythree weeks ago, but Thursday's appearances were the first time that the New York senator has advocated for Obama's candidacy publicly in front of voters.
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"I know Senator Obama. I have served with him now for nearly four years in the Senate. I campaigned with him for more than 16 months on the campaign trail. I have stood on the stage in 22 debates, but who is counting," Clinton said to laughter.
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Filed under: Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton

CNN's Electoral Map: Two states shift to Obama

(CNN) — Two more states have shifted to Barack Obama's column in the new CNN Electoral Map that charts the candidates’ strength leading up to the November election.
"Toss-up" states Minnesota and Wisconsin were re-designated to "Lean-Obama" Friday, giving the presumptive Democratic nominee another 20 electoral votes in CNN's current estimate. The Illinois senator now has 231 electoral votes — 39 shy of winning the nomination.
CNN made the change after new polling conducted by Quinnipiac University showed that Obama holds double-digit leads over presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in both states. CNN's analysis estimates McCain has 194 electoral votes.
This is only a CNN estimate and is likely to change many more times in the lead up to the election.
The Quinnipiac surveys, released Thursday, showed Obama with a 17-point lead in Minnesota, 54-37 percent, and a 13 point lead in Wisconsin, 52-39 percent.
Filed under: Barack Obama • John McCain

Poll: Obama erases Clinton's lead

By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — The Democratic presidential race has become a cliffhanger as a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll on Sunday showed Barack Obama wiping out Hillary Rodham Clinton's double-digit national lead just before coast-to-coast contests on Tuesday.
The pair stood at Clinton 45%, Obama 44% in the latest snapshot of the volatile race. Republican John McCain also surged in the poll, posting a decisive 42%-24% lead over Mitt Romney. Mike Huckabee trailed at 18%.

POLL: Full results of pre-Super Tuesday poll

McCain greeted the news cautiously. "We'll see how the votes go. We'll keep working," he said.
MCCAIN: Vows respectful contest

With a celebrity cast and some Super Tuesday states too close to call, interest was high. Seven in 10 people in the poll said they were paying "quite a lot" of attention — up from 58% at this point in 2004, during another high-interest wartime race.
The Wednesday through Saturday poll of adults nationwide came after Rudy Giuliani left the GOP race and Democrat John Edwards' exit set up a Clinton-Obama clash.
Obama strategist David Axelrod said Clinton is "the greatest brand name in Democratic politics." Still, he said, the Illinois senator has made good progress and "there's a powerful, powerful mood for change in this country."

CLINTON: Battle scars touted

OBAMA: Large-scale campaign aims for every delegate he can get
Obama has ridden a wave of momentum since a landslide win Jan. 26 in South Carolina. On Sunday, he ran a TV ad during the Super Bowl on local Fox stations in 23 states. Building on a series of Kennedy family endorsements, he received support from California's first lady, Maria Shriver.

'SUPER' STATES: Candidates mine a motherload of delegates
Clinton's lead faded over two weeks during which Obama advertised heavily and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, took heat from fellow Democrats for attacking Obama. "We have a strong and broad coalition that I think will give us significant delegates and victories on Feb. 5," Clinton adviser Mark Penn said.
In the poll, Clinton led Obama 48%-42% among women, compared with 50%-31% two weeks ago. He reversed her slight lead among men, and completely erased her 21-point advantage among people ages 35 to 64.
Whites backed Clinton 49%-39%, while blacks backed Obama 63%-25%. Both racial gaps were higher than two weeks ago.
McCain, who has been strong among independents and moderates, beat Romney 41%-26% among Republicans or independents leaning Republican and 38%-28% among conservatives. Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said national polls "tell you very little" about state contests.

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