Obama is going to help Hill pay her debts. I wonder how much of that will end up in her pockets? He needs her support and probably doesn't care how much she filches. Speaking of money, Obama has turned down public financing which he had said he would accept. Mccain has done the same. Public financing is dead.
On other fronts, Mccain tries desperately to distance himself from shrub but it will be an uphill battle.
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Barack Obama asks donors to bail out Hillary Clinton
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 7:44PM BST 26/06/2008
Senator Barack Obama has urged his biggest financial donors to help bail out his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton while he courts her Hollywood contributors.
Barack Obama has urged donors to help bail out Hillary Clinton, who owes over $10 million in campaign debts
AP
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will attend a joint rally in the swing state of New Hampshire this week
Declaring the Democratic party "one big family", Mr Obama asked financial supporters in a 45-minute message to help the former First Lady pay off more than $10 million she owed in campaign debts.
He made clear, however, that donors were not expected to help repay her $11.4 million personal debt.
Here is some of the latest data on the Obama vs Mccain matchup. It may be a little confusing but for example, when it says Obama +6.5 it means Obama is ahead by that many percentage points in that poll
General Election: McCain vs. Obama
Polling Data
Poll Date Sample Obama (D) McCain (R) Spread
RCP Average 06/15 - 06/27 -- 47.1 40.6 Obama +6.5
Rasmussen Tracking 06/25 - 06/27 3000 LV 49 44 Obama +5.0
Gallup Tracking 06/24 - 06/26 2639 RV 44 44 Tie
Time 06/19 - 06/25 805 RV 47 43 Obama +4.0
LA Times/Bloomberg 06/19 - 06/23 1115 RV 49 37 Obama +12.0
Franklin & Marshall 06/16 - 06/22 1501 RV 42 36 Obama +6.0
Newsweek 06/18 - 06/19 896 RV 51 36 Obama +15.0
FOX News 06/17 - 06/18 900 RV 45 41 Obama +4.0
USA Today/Gallup 06/15 - 06/19 1310 LV 50 44 Obama +6.0