Rasmussen: Obama ahead of McCain

OK, so we are a little bit obsessed over the daily tracking polls of both Rasmussen and Gallup here at the DailyKos.  But hey, if we weren't watching polls, us young venomous lambs might be out in the streets doing God knows what to all of the mature Serious People out there in the Real World.

So today brings another interesting tid-bit.  According to Rasmussen, Sen. Obama now leads Sen. McCain in head-to-head tracking for the first time in over a month.

More politically-geeky poll stuff after the flip.

The skinny:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Barack Obama with a statistically insignificant one-point advantage over John McCain, 46% to 45%. While that lead is statistically insignificant, it is the first time Obama has had any advantage over McCain in a month

This would seem to indicate, that at least for now, Obama has pretty much put the Wright controversy behind him.  Although, it was March 9 when Obama last lead McCain and the controversy didn't break until the 15.  But to further support that contention, Obama now has virtually the same favorability rating: 53% - 45% (fav/unfav) vs. McCain at 53% - 44%.  Hillary's numbers, FWIW, are the exact opposite: 45% - 52%.

Obama leads Clinton 50% - 41%, down from a high of 51% - 40% yesterday.  This marks the 5th consecutive day Obama has 50% or higher in polling.