By: E&P Staff With massive attention on New Hampshire nearing an end, another country was heard from today -- or rather, state, with Rasmussen reporting results of a new poll in coming primary state South Carolina. It produced more bad news for the Hillary Clinton forces, and more good news for Barack Obama.
GOP poll results there are due later tonight.
Rasmussen gives Obama a 42% to 30% edge over Clinton.
John Edwards, surprisingly, only got 14% of the vote.
In December, Obama and Clinton were tied at 33%. In November, Clinton had a ten-point Rasmussen advantage.
In South Carolina, Obama now attracts 58% of the African-American vote, up from 50% in December. "Obama leads by 17 points among men and eight points among women," Rasmussen reveals.
On the broader front: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each drew 33% of the support from Democrats surveyed in its latest national poll, Gallup just announced. In mid-December, Clinton held an 18-percentage point lead over him in Gallup's survey -- 45% to 27%. John Edwards remains third with 20%, vs. 15% in mid-December.
On the GOP side, Gallup says Mike Huckabee has jumped into a national lead for the first time: Huckabee, 25%; Rudy Giuliani, 20%; John McCain, 19%; Fred Thompson, 12%; Mitt Romney, 9%; and Rep. Ron Paul, 4%.
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