Obama comfortably ahead in Oregon
Barack Obama is already counting on a win in the Oregon primary next week to put him over the top in pledged delegates -- and allow him to declare victory on that key measure.
A new poll suggests that triumph is a pretty safe bet. Done for the Portland Tribune and KPTV, it shows Obama with a 55 percent to 35 percent lead over Hillary Clinton. She is likely to face inexorable pressure to withdraw if she doesn't win in both Kentucky, where she is ahead in the poll, and in Oregon next Tuesday.
"Barring a disaster, Barack Obama's going to win Oregon, and he may win it very big," pollster Tim Hibbits told the Tribune.
The survey was conducted Thursday through Saturday, while both candidates were campaigning in the state, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.
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