In this poll -- with only a 3% MOE -- only Clark keeps Bush under 50%.
Bush beats Dean by 15%.
Clark cuts that lead by more than half!
Poll: Bush backed by core supporters
By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
"...In the AP-Ipsos poll, Bush has a big lead when matched against several of the leading Democratic candidates. He led Howard Dean by 54-39; led John Kerry by 54-37; led Dick Gephardt by 56-35; and led Wesley Clark by 49-42.
"The AP-Ipsos poll of 1,000 adults, including 774 registered voters, was taken Jan. 5-7 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points."