Obama widens lead in NY

[Ichingcarpenter]

ALBANY — Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would easily win in New York against Republican John McCain, but Empire State voters want him to choose someone other than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate, a poll found Wednesday.

A Quinnipiac University poll shows Obama has expanded his lead in New York over McCain to 50 percent to 36 percent.

And by a 48-percent-to-42-percent margin, voters said Obama should not pick Clinton as his vice presidential candidate. In Upstate New York, a resounding 52 percent want someone other than Clinton with Obama.


http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080612/NEWS01/806120338/1002/NEWS01

[kentuck]

1. Very interesting...

But how can Obama win those big states that are needed to win the electoral votes?? :sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

2. There's a lot of that going on. If there were primary do-overs, I think

the results would be a lot different. CA also goes for Obama now.

[onetwo]

3. Obama can wait out the Hillary VP talk.

In a few weeks, she will be old news and he will be free to pick whoever he wants without repercussions. If he wanted to pick Hillary, he would have made an announcement already.

[Beacool]

4. Hillary old news???????

Way too funny!!!

[onetwo]

5. Yes...

...just like Edwards, Richardson, and the rest became old news. Or do you think that HRC is somehow immune?

[muryan]

6. Old news in respect to VP talks

She will just become a name on a list, which is the way it should be. No one is downplaying her accomplishments or her qualifications but its a simple fact that she will on a short list with other very qualified candidates.

[Imagevision]

7. McBush has been at it for 2+ months, Obama has been into it for less then two weeks, let's

see where the numbers are at in 4 weeks from now, personally I belive Obama will easily landslide Bush once everyone understands where McCain is coming from.