Gallup's nightly tracking poll shows that Hillary Clinton has closed Obama's short lived polling lead from 7 points down to 1 point as of last night. This comes off of a bad day for Obama when he had to explain why he lifted a speech from a friend without attributing the speech. It also seems to be taking place just as comments that Obama made referring to Hillary Clinton's 'Mood Swings' resonated in a very negative way with women voters.
Barack Obama surged ahead of Clinton after the Clinton campaign made comments that African Americans interpreted as racially insensitive at best. Now Obama is facing criticism that his comments could be interpreted as sexist or chauvinistic towards women, or towards women that experience mood swings on a cyclical basis.
Hillary Clinton has rebounded among Democrats in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking average for Feb. 16-18. She is now at 45% to Barack Obama's 46%.
One thing is for sure, the longer this fight stretches out, the less love that will be lost between these two candidates. The odds of a president / vice presidential paring is growing more and more remote as a sleep wedge is driven between them.
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