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Delegate Count: Obama 1137, Hillary 1134

Delegate Count

State	Date	Delegates		Obama	Clinton
Total	-	-		1137	1134
Super Delegates	-	796		139	213
Iowa	01/03	45		16	15
New Hampshire	01/08	22		9	9
Michigan	01/15	0 *		-	-
Nevada	01/19	25		13	12
South Carolina	01/26	45		25	12
Florida	01/29	0 * C		-	-
California	02/05	370		163	207
New York	02/05	232 C		93	139
Illinois	02/05	153		104	49
New Jersey	02/05	107		48	59
Massachusetts	02/05	93		38	55
Georgia	02/05	87		61	26
Minnesota	02/05	72		48	24
Missouri	02/05	72		36	36
Tennessee	02/05	68		29	39
Colorado	02/05	55 C		19	9
Arizona	02/05	56 C		25	31
Alabama	02/05	52		27	24
Connecticut	02/05	48 C		26	22
Arkansas	02/05	35		8	27
Oklahoma	02/05	38 C		14	24
Kansas	02/05	32 C		23	9
New Mexico	02/05	26 C		12	13
Utah	02/05	23		14	9
Delaware	02/05	15 C		9	6
Idaho	02/05	18		15	3
North Dakota	02/05	13		8	5
Alaska	02/05	13 C		9	4
Washington	02/09	78		43	15
Louisiana	02/09	56 C		34	22
Nebraska	02/09	24		16	8
Maine	02/10	24 C		13	8
2,025 Delegates Needed to Win (Delegate Counts Come From AP, Wash Post, CBS News & RCP)

Source: Real Clear Politics

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Confidence in War on Terror Highest in 3 Years

The latest Rasmussen Reports tracking poll finds that 49% of Americans now say the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror (see crosstabs). That’s up from 43% a month ago and is the highest level of confidence measured in more than three years.

Not only that, just 23% now believe the terrorists are winning. That’s down two points from a month ago and down seven points from 30% three months ago. It’s the lowest level of pessimism recorded during the President’s second term in office.

Source: Rasmussen Reports.

Italy Wants Weak US President

Who would you prefer to win the U.S. presidential election?

A Democratic Party candidate	58%
A Republican Party candidate	15%
Other / Not sure	27%

Source: Istituto Piepoli
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 502 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 21 to Jan. 28, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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France: Sarkozy Loses Favor

Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy’s performance as president?

	Feb. 2007	Jan. 2007	Dec. 2007
Positive	41%	54%	56%
Negative	55%	44%	39%

Do you have a positive or negative opinion of François Fillon’s performance as prime minister?

	Feb. 2007	Jan. 2007	Dec. 2007
Positive	47%	50%	46%
Negative	47%	44%	47%

Source: LH2 / Libération
Methodology: Interviews with 1,003 French adults, conducted on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

UK: Conservatives Lead by 5

If there were to be a general election tomorrow, which party do you think you would vote for?

	Jan. 31	Jan. 20	Jan. 10
Conservative	37%	37%	40%
Labour	32%	35%	33%
Liberal Democrat	21%	20%	18%
Other	10%	8%	9%

Source: ICM Research
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,012 British adults, conducted on Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

New Zealand: Conservative Lead Grows

If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?

	Jan. 20	Dec. 9	Nov. 25
National	52%	47.5%	48%
Labour	33.5%	34.5%	35%
Greens	6.5%	6%	6.5%
New Zealand First	3.5%	5%	5%
Maori Party	2%	2%	2.5%
ACT	1%	2%	1.5%
United Future	0.5%	1.5%	0.5%
Progressives	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%

Source: Roy Morgan International
Methodology: Interviews with 1,588 New Zealand voters, conducted from Jan. 3 to Jan. 20, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Chile: Bachelet Doing So-So

Do you approve or disapprove of Michelle Bachelet’s performance as president?

	Jan. 2008	Dec. 2007	Nov. 2007
Approve	43.0%	45.1%	38.2%
Disapprove	38.6%	39.2%	44.2%

Source: Adimark Gfk
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,025 Chilean adults, conducted from Jan. 10 to Jan. 28, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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• Silver Star
• Legion of Merit
• Bronze Star Medal
• Purple Heart
• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Prisoner of War Medal
• National Defense Service Medal
• Vietnam Service Medal
• Vietnam Campaign Medal (Republic of Vietnam)

Source: Wikipedia

McCain Leads Hillary in Most Recent Polls

National Support

	McCain (R)	Clinton (D)
ARGM Poll of Polls	47.5%	45.3%
(4) Opinion Research / CNN	47%	50%
(3) RT Strategies / Cook	45%	41%
(2) TNS / ABC / Washington Post	50%	45%
(1) GQRR / NPR	48%	45%

(4) Opinion Research Corporation / CNN (Telephone interviews with 974 registered American voters, conducted from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3, 2008. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.)
(3) RT Strategies / Cook Political Report (Telephone interviews with 855 registered American voters, conducted from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2008. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.)
(2) TNS / Washington Post / ABC News (Telephone interviews with 1,249 American adults, conducted from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, 2008. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.)
(1) Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research / National Public Radio (Telephone interviews with 1,000 likely American voters, conducted from Jan. 29 to Jan. 31, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.)

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Russia: Medvedev Dominating So-Called Election

I recently found out that 'Medvedev' means I'm Vlad's lil' puppet boy in Russian.

If the presidential election were conducted this Sunday, which of these candidates would you vote for?
(Likely Voters)

Dmitry Medvedev	71.2%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky	6.1%
Gennady Zyuganov	5.6%
Mikhail Kasyanov	0.8%
Andrei Bogdanov	0.4%
Undecided	15.9%

Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, 2008. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

Massachusetts: Romney Crushing McCain & Huck

Massachusetts

	Huckabee	McCain	Paul	Romney
(3) Survey USA	3%	37%	1%	58%
(2) Suffolk Univ.	4%	37%	3%	50%
(1) SurveyUSA	3%	34%	3%	57%

(3) Survey USA (275 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 6.0 MofE)
(2) Suffolk University (400 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 1-3, 2008, 4.9 MofE)
(1) Survey USA (297 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 30, 2008, 5.7 MofE)

Georgia: Obama Leads 'The Moist One' in All Polls

Georgia

	Clinton	Obama
(7) Zogby International	31%	48%
(6) Strategic Vision	27%	49%
(5) Rasmussen Reports	37%	52%
(4) Insider Advantage	36%	51%
(3) Zogby International	28%	48%
(2) Mason-Dixon	41%	47%
(1) Insider Advantage	36%	52%

(7) Zogby International (851 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 1-3, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(6) Strategic Vision (600 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb 1-3, 2008, 4.5 MofE)
(5) Rasmussen Reports (542 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 2, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(4) Insider Advantage (342 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 2, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(3) Zogby International (940 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.3 MofE)
(2) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(1) Insider Advantage (301 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 30, 2008, 5.0 MofE)

Italy: Conservatives Lead Leftists by 12 pts.

If a national election took place tomorrow, which list would you vote for?

Centre-Right	56%
Centre-Left	44%

Source: Istituto Demopolis
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,006 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 25 to Jan. 28, 2008. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

Norwegians Against Being Annexed by European Empire

Oops! I mean European Union.

If a referendum on European Union (EU) membership took place today, how would you vote?

In favour of accession	34.6%
Against accession	54.3%
Not sure	11.1%

Source: Opinion / NRK / Aftenposten
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Norwegian voters, conducted in January 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Latest Missouri Polls

U.S. Presidential Election 2008 - Missouri Primary

Republican Party

	Huckabee	McCain	Paul	Romney
(7) Survey USA	31%	33%	6%	28%
(6) Zogby International	27%	35%	5%	24%
(5) Zogby International	27%	36%	4%	22%
(4) American Research Group	31%	29%	4%	27%
(3) Mason-Dixon	27%	37%	1%	24%
(2) Rasmussen Reports	29%	32%	5%	28%
(1) SurveyUSA	28%	34%	5%	30%

(7) Survey USA (542 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 4.3 MofE)
(6) Zogby International (868 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 1-3 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(5) Zogby International (868 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(4) American Research Group (600 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(3) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1,, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(2) Rasmussen Reports (593 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(1) SurveyUSA (505 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 30-31, 2008, 4.5 MofE)

Democratic Party

	Clinton	Obama
(6) Survey USA	54%	43%
(5) Zogby International	42%	47%
(4) Zogby International	44%	43%
(4) American Research Group	42%	44%
(3) Mason-Dixon	47%	41%
(2) Rasmussen Reports	47%	39%
(1) SurveyUSA	48%	44%

(7) Survey USA (671 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 3.9 MofE)
(6) Zogby International (851 likely Democratic primary voters, Feb. 1-3, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(5) Zogby International (877 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.4 MofE)
(4) American Research Group (600 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(3) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1,, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(2) Rasmussen Reports (507 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 31, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(1) SurveyUSA (664 likely Democratic primary voters, Jan. 30-31, 2008, 3.9 MofE)

Romney, McCain Fight it Out For California

	Huckabee	McCain	Paul	Romney
(7) Survey USA	9%	39%	7%	36%
(6) American Research Group	16%	32%	8%	33%
(5) Zogby International	12%	32%	5%	40%
(4) Zogby International	12%	34%	5%	37%
(3) Rasmussen Reports	10%	38%	6%	38%
(2) Mason-Dixon	13%	40%	3%	31%
(1) Field	13%	32%	10%	24%

(7) SurveyUSA (517 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2-3, 2008, 4.4 MofE)
(6) American Research Group (600 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 1-2, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(5) Zogby International (915 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 3.3 MofE)
(4) Zogby International (1,185 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.2, 2008, 2.9 MofE)
(3) Rasmussen Reports (693 likely Republican primary voters, Feb. 2, 2008, 4.0 MofE)
(2) Mason-Dixon (400 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 31-Feb.1,, 2008, 5.0 MofE)
(1) Field (481 likely Republican primary voters, Jan. 25-Feb. 1, 2008, 4.6 MofE, Rudy Giuliani voters were re-interviewed after Giuliani withdrew from the race)