1.0 link 113045 <![CDATA[Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Has Seven Point Lead, But He's Losing Independents]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/16/reuterszogby-poll-obama-h_n_113045.html Democrat Barack Obama has a 7-point lead on Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, and holds a small edge on the crucial question of who would best manage the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

More than a month after kicking off the general election campaign, Obama leads McCain by 47 percent to 40 percent. That is slightly better than his 5-point cushion in mid-June, shortly after he clinched the Democratic nomination fight against New York...

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