The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon has officially Endorsed Hillary Clinton.

The Statesman Journal Editorial Board has made the following endorsements for the May 20 election:  Hillary Clinton gets things done.

After leaving the White House, she handily won election in New York, where she proved that she's not simply an urban lawmaker. Rural New Yorkers speak highly of Clinton, praising her for paying attention to their parts of the state.

In the Senate, she has achieved influence much greater than one would expect for her seven years on Capitol Hill.

Clinton "gets" the concerns of the middle class that dominates the Mid-Willamette Valley.

She was the first candidate to offer Oregon a "compact" of campaign promises on state-specific issues such as restoring county timber payments and giving the state say about siting of liquefied-natural-gas terminals.
Clinton: Best Choice For Oregon

ADDITIONAL GREAT NEWS FOR HILLARY

Obama's NC Lead Continues to Shrink
RALEIGH, N.C.-- With the polls moving in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's direction in the Tar Heel State, following a string of problems for Sen. Barack Obama, Clinton's campaign is making a last-minute push here.

Obama's lead in North Carolina has shrunk to the single digits. Obama once enjoyed a lead of over 20 points in public polls throughout this year. In addition Obama has outspent Clinton in North Carolina on television, $4.9 million to $3.5 million for Clinton.

Hillary Surging in NC

*NOTE: The Huffington Post reported that Clinton insiders believed they have the votes on the Democratic National Committee's bylaws panel to push through a resolution later this month recognizing Clinton's wins in Florida and Michigan - possibly vaulting her over Obama in overall delegates. Wow! This may be the beginning of the end for Obama.

UPDATE: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by 7 percent in a new nationwide poll of party voters, USA Today reported. The new poll marks the first time that Clinton has been ahead in three months. Clinton also was seen as the stronger Democrat to beat John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, by 5 percent points, USA Today said. USATODAY/GALLUP: CLINTON LEADS

INDYCAR DRIVER SARAH FISHER ENDORSES HILLARY! INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Hoosiers for Hillary today, opening day of practice for the 92nd Indianapolis 500, announced the endorsement of Clinton by Sarah Fisher. Indy Driver Endorses Hillary

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The latest national tracking poll taken by Gallop show that Clinton is leading both McCain and Obama in head to head matchups. Last week Obama had a 10 point lead over Clinton in the poll, 50 to 40 percent.

Mrs. Clinton would beat Mr. McCain in a general election matchup, 47 percent to 44 percent, if the election were held today. Mr. Obama would also beat Mr. McCain but by a slimmer 45 percent to 44 percent margin.

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Obama is pulling away.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Barack Obama with his largest lead ever in the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Obama now attracts 51% of the vote while Clinton earns 40% (see recent daily results). Obama leads 61% to 30% among Men including a thirteen-point advantage among White Men. Obama leads 84% to 12% among African-American voters while Clinton holds a seven-point edge among White voters. Among Democrats, Obama leads by four. He holds a much healthier lead among unaffiliated voters likely to vote in a Democratic Primary.

Caution should always be used before reading too much into a single day's results(see video commentary on long-term trends). However, this is only the second time that Obama has ever reached the 50% level of support and just the second time since the March 4 Primaries that his support has moved more than three percentage points in either direction from the 45% level.

As for Clinton, this is the lowest level of support she has earned since the contest for the nomination became a two-person race. It will take several more days to determine whether this signals a shift in the race or is merely statistical noise. Daily tracking results are updated daily at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

New polling released today shows that Obama has opened a twenty-three percentage point lead in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania, Clinton has the lead but Obama is gaining ground. Rasmussen Markets data now give Obama a 85.3 % chance to win the Democratic nomination.

New polling released today shows that Obama has opened a twenty-three percentage point lead in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania, Clinton has the lead but Obama is gaining ground. Rasmussen Markets data now give Obama a 85.3 % chance to win the Democratic nomination.

Obama also leads McCain by 10% in the Markets in the eventual winner.

Source-http://rasmussenreports.com/public_conte nt/politics/election_20082/2008_presiden tial_election/daily_democratic_president ial_primary_tracking_polling_history

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Congressional Quarterly Poll Tracker published the flurry of latest polls -- and reissued slightly earlier ones -- conducted state-by-state on head-to-head match-ups between either Democratic possible vs. McCain yesterday.

I'll give you the conclusion first.  If Democrats want to have a chance of gaining the White House, Hillary Clinton is a more viable candidate than Barack Obama, according to poll data.

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Earlier today I noted that Rasmussen Reports found that Hillary Clinton's long-standing large lead over Barack Obama in national polling had all but vanished, falling within the poll's margin of error. Now a new national poll from Gallup shows that Clinton's lead hasn't essentially evaporated -- it has actually evaporated.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each drew 33% of the support from Democrats surveyed in its latest national poll, Gallup just announced.

In mid-December, well before Obama won last Thursday's Democratic caucuses in Iowa, Clinton held an 18-percentage point lead over him in Gallup's survey -- 45% to 27%.

Before today, Obama had never held or even shared the national lead with Clinton in Gallup's polling.

John Edwards remains third in Gallup's polling of Democrats. His support: 20%, vs. 15% in mid-December.

It's not clear how durable these numbers will be -- or if they even represent the end of the trend or just the beginning. At present, with a tie nationally, it's not clear that Clinton would be able to make up for early losses in the February 5 states, and she certainly could not if this trend continues and Obama actually takes a significant national lead. Nevertheless, this growth in support for Obama nationally could prove fleeting. There is quite a bit of time, still, between now and the beginning of February (nearly a month, in fact...), so there could be a potential for Clinton to stop some of the hemorrhaging of her support in time to make a real push for the big states that will chose their delegates on the superest of super Tuesdays.

Yet even leaving aside the longer term meaning of these numbers, one cannot help but think that this poll could serve to reinforce the results of Iowa in further indicating to voters nationwide, through the establishment media, that Obama can win. This is big time news for the Obama campaign in the short term, a further momentum boost at a time when it is trying to make its final push to make another statement tomorrow night. We've got a heckuva campaign on our hands, folks.

And one more point... John Edwards is not going away. He has vowed to stay in the race through the convention, for whatever that's worth, and he continues to maintain substantial support nationwide. It's not clear to me if he has a path to the nomination at this point -- I had trouble seeing one for him even in the case that he had won Iowa -- but it does seem quite possible that he will continue to play a meaningful role in this race for some time to come.

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