While David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief strategist, states, “National polls are not all that relevant in a process that is largely sequential” current polls showing Obama tied with Clinton are consistent with what is being seen on the ground. Fortunately, the increasingly huge crowds that are showing up for Obama’s appearances may indicate that Clinton is not the unconquerable juggernaut that her strategists have suggested.

At this point most polls show that Clinton and Obama are virtually tied among Democrats for the presidential nomination with Obama ahead in polls that include former Vice President Al Gore and Clinton leading by a mere 1 percentage point in those polls that don’t include the former Vice President. So while it is still to early to get a clear indication of who might win the nomination next year these polls clearly reflect whose messages are beginning to work and whose are not getting through.

Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani has moved up three points since an earlier poll in mid-May and now leads the Republican race at 32 percent with his nearest competitor being Senator John McCain at 19 percent.

So who will win in November of 2008? It is still too soon to tell, but keep your eyes on Obama and his message. If he continues to be true to himself and America he may just be the answer to stopping the massive war machine that Bush has maneuvered into being.

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