| With only a few hours to go before Super Tuesday, | | | | between Obama and Clinton. Clinton retained a 45 to |
| Democrat Barack Obama's poll rankings soared, while | | | | 44 percent in a USA Today/Gallup national poll, while a |
| Hillary Clinton came close to tears. For most voters, | | | | CNN/Opinion Research national survey had her leading |
| used to seeing Clinton as quite tough, even cold, it was | | | | Obama 49 percent to 46 percent. |
| a surprise to see a very different side to her. | | | | Clinton's campaign, Doug Hattaway, said, ""During this |
| It happened as Clinton was visiting the Yale University, | | | | whole election the polls have been all over the map. |
| where she had been a student in the 1970s. Tired from | | | | There are battlegrounds stretching from |
| having campaigned relentlessly over days and nights, | | | | Massachusetts to California, so it could be a real |
| Clinton was actually seen wiping a tear from her eye. | | | | nail-biter." Obama's campaign, David Plouffe, too |
| Questions were asked: Were the tears for real? | | | | underplayed his position. "We fully expect Senator |
| Were they a clever-and maybe, desperate-ploy to win | | | | Clinton to earn more delegates on February 5, and |
| her the votes? Or did Hillary for once really let down | | | | also to win more states," said Obama's campaign |
| her guard to allow a glimpse into her emotional side? | | | | manager David Plouffe in a memo. |
| "Well I said I would not tear up, already we are not | | | | Unlike the democrats who are locked in a close fight, |
| exactly on the path," said an emotional Clinton, even as | | | | amongst Republicans, Senator John McCain may be |
| news of Obama's surge came through. | | | | on the brink of an overwhelming victory for the |
| Obama, meanwhile, addressed a rally in New Jersey. | | | | Republican nomination. The senior senator from |
| Increasingly popular in the state that is considered a | | | | Arizona, speaking to reporters in Massachusetts said, |
| stronghold of the Clintons, Obama drew applause and | | | | "I'm guardedly optimistic." |
| even pointed to Clinton's derisive comments aimed at | | | | Romney, however, was not ready to consider defeat. |
| his call for change, "If you will stand with me New | | | | Speaking at a campaign stop in Nashville, Tennessee, |
| Jersey, tomorrow, if you will vote for me, if you will | | | | he said, "This is going to come down to a real battle |
| cast off the fear and the doubt and the cynicism ... we | | | | and I think I'm going to win it." |
| will not just win in New Jersey, we will win all across | | | | However, Romney may have reason to worry. A |
| this nation on Tuesday." He said, addressing a 4,500 | | | | recent poll showed that McCain was up and ahead at |
| strong crowd. Former President, Bill Clinton, standing | | | | 42 percent, with his closest contender, Mitt Romney, |
| firmly behind his wife, responded to a question about | | | | following behind at 24 percent, trailed by Mike |
| Obama with, "Give me a break. This is the biggest | | | | Huckabee at a dismal 18 percent. |
| fairytale I have ever seen." | | | | Find more on the 55th quadrennial US presidential |
| Recent polls predict a close neck-to-neck finish | | | | election 2008, will be held on November 4, 2008. |