Clinton, Giuliani have edge in poll
ELON, N.C. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani hold an edge among prospective candidates for the White House in five Southeastern states, where most voters remain undecided, according to a poll released Saturday by Elon University. Thirty percent of those polled who said they would vote Democratic supported Clinton, 14 percent backed Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, and 8 percent supported former Sen. John Edwards. But 24 percent said it was too early to decide and 22 percent said they didn't know who they would support. "While the number of people who aren't sure who they will support in the upcoming election shows that we're very early in the process, it is somewhat unexpected to see Hillary Clinton, a New York senator, doing so well in the South," said poll director Hunter Bacot.
Hillary Clinton expected to do balancing act with Obama
A conservative black leader believes presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will have a tough balancing act as the 2008 primary season heats up. He believes the Democratic senator from New York will have to be cautious when dealing with rival Barack Obama. .
Obama to appear at local rally, fund-raiser next week
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will campaign in Cleveland Monday as part of a fund-raising trip through Ohio. The Illinois senator will start in Cincinnati at a $500-to-$2,300 breakfast, where only those forking over the top dollar will get a photo. Obama then heads to Columbus for a similarly priced luncheon before picking up more contributions at an evening reception at The Club at Key Center in downtown Cleveland. Obama's only public event of the day is a 6 p.m. rally at Cuyahoga Community College's Eastern Campus in Highland Hills. Obama campaigned here last fall for Ohio's top Democrats, before he announced his presidential bid. He is the first major presidential candidate to hold a rally here. It's not clear which elected officials - most of whom are trying to appear neutral through the Democratic primary - will appear with him.
Geffen-Clinton snit tests Obama
LOS ANGELES -- As he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama is campaigning against "the smallness of our politics" and "scoring cheap political points." It would seem, then, that Team Obama has a higher self-imposed standard when it comes to responding to shots, even cheap ones, lobbed at the Illinois Democrat. It makes life on the trail much tougher, but that's the high-minded course Obama set for himself. The volley aimed at Obama came Wednesday via a live-fire e-mail from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign. The New York Democrat was filleted by movie mogul David Geffen in an interview he gave to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. Geffen co-hosted Tuesday's glitzy $1.3 million Beverly Hills fund-raiser for Obama, followed by a dinner at his home where a small group of the best donors got to mingle with Obama and his wife, Michelle.
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