Reuters Poll: Obama +6 In TX, Only -2 In OH

The Clinton campaign, as has well been documented here and elsewhere, elected to make March 4th their firewall. With one state virtually guaranteed for Clinton (Rhode Island), and one state virtually guaranteed for Obama (Vermont), it was expected that High Noon would happen in two of the largest states in the Union: Texas and Ohio.

A new survey from Zogby (traditional polling, not their often errant interactive stuff), sponsored by Reuters, C-SPAN, and the Houston Chronicle, finds that Barack Obama has not only secured a modest lead of six points in Texas, he has also pulled to within a couple points in Ohio.

The raw numbers, from a survey conducted from February 26-28:

TEXAS:
Obama 48%, Clinton 42%

OHIO:
Clinton 44%, Obama 42%

The Texas poll confirms earlier polls from Rasmussen, SurveyUSA, and ARG. All three surveys showed a narrow Obama lead.

However, this survey is one of the first to show a virtual tie between the two leading Democratic candidates in Ohio.

In other polling news:

More general election polling is coming in.

Three red states appear prepared to stay red, according to polling this week. In Florida, a new Mason Dixon poll shows McCain leading Obama 47-37, and leading Clinton 49-40. Meanwhile, in Tennessee, McCain defeats Obama by 14 points (50-36), while also defeating Clinton by a smaller seven point edge (45-38). Interestingly, the race is not a blowout in Arizona, where McCain holds an eleven point edge against Obama (49-38), while Clinton is getting absolutely blown out there (57-33). Interesting, considering that Clinton defeated Obama in the Arizona Democratic primary by a modest margin.