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'Bitter' Voters Hand Obama 9-Point Lead

Posted Apr 13, 08 7:29 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Barack Obama is holding a 9-point lead over Hillary Clinton despite the uproar over "Bittergate." He is ahead by 50% to 41%, a margin he has maintained with little change for the past week, including Friday and yesterday.  Meanwhile, he and Clinton are both in statistical dead heats with John McCain. Any fallout from Obama's remark, that some rural Americans are "bitter," should be perceptible in the coming days, Gallup reports.

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Barack Obama D-Ill. serves burgers during a lunch with supporters at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., Saturday, April 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks during a town hall meeting at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Ind., Friday, April 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a campaign stop at Washington Township School's Dold Gym, in Valparaiso, Ind., Saturday, April 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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