Poll Smoking - Get your poll smoked daily! - Clinton edges past Obama in nationwide poll

(Marketwatch) - Sen. Hillary Clinton is edging out Sen. Barack Obama in a new poll, but remains in a tight race with her Democratic rival as the fight for the party's presidential nomination drags on.

Clinton leads Obama by just one percentage point, 47% to 46%, in a Gallup poll released Tuesday. It's the fifth straight poll in which the two Democratic White House hopefuls are within one point of each other.

Gallup concludes, however, that it's negative for Obama despite the closeness of the numbers. "From a broad perspective, this situation marks a loss for Obama, who has generally been in the lead over Clinton for the last month," the pollster concluded. But Gallup also notes that Clinton hasn't been able to move into a significant lead over Obama. Read More

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