SUSA about to release Clinton/McCain & Obama/McCain GE polls for all 50 states

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Obama significantly underperforms in Massachusetts, and this should be no surprise.

After all, his political clone has been stinking things up as Governor here for the past 15 months.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

From the looks of the internals, Democrats should be praying to God that Barack Obama is the nominee—McCain's relative strength against him in most states is due to defecting Democrats.  Obama's strength is largely due to independents.

Hillary, meanwhile, is solid with Democrats, but performs poorly with independents.

Those Democrats should be far easier to consolidate than the indies.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Also, it's very interesting that Hillary and Obama have different strengths in different states.

If I was a Massachusetts superdelegate, I'd be hard pressed voting for Obama when I know he'll lop 10 points off the generic Democratic vote here.

If I was a Utah superdelegate, no way would I vote for Hillary, considering that Obama actually has significant appeal amongst independent voters there.

It's all about keeping your job, folks.