Hmmm.... It seems like Clark's post-announcement bounce is ebbing, giving us a five-way tie for first in the national polls. We've got a dogfight on our hands, and no candidate will be running away with it, at least for the time being. The
latest from Fox. (9/23-24 results in parenthesis)
Not sure 35 (21)
Clark 13 (20)
Dean 12 (13)
Lieberman 11 (9)
Kerry 10 (10)
Gephardt 9 (9)
Edwards 3 (5)
Braun 3 (2)
Sharpton 2 (2)
Kucinich 1 (2)
The standard disclaimers apply -- national polls are an important way to gauge candidate momentum, but are not predictive of ultimate success. For that, you have to pay more attention to the polls in early primary states.