Poll: Obama Gains On Clinton In Pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton has to win — and win big — in Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary if she wants to stay competitive in the race for her party’s presidential nomination, Democratic strategists said on Tuesday, but a new poll shows her losing ground to Barack Obama there.

Though most are predicting Clinton will beat Obama in the Keystone State, the former first lady’s lead is dwindling there, according to the new poll. It is a Rasmussen telephone survey released Tuesday and it shows Clinton’s lead shrinking in Pennsylvania to only 5 points, 47 percent to 42 percent. Just a week ago, Clinton was leading by 10 points, and in mid-March by 13 points, according to Rasmussen’s tracking poll.

Democratic strategist Bob Beckel warned that poll numbers are often erratic and so are not reliable in predicting outcomes.

“I’ve never seen a year when the polls have been so out of line as they have this year,” Beckel told FOXNews.com on Tuesday.

“If you average out the polls we’ve looked at, she’s probably still within the 10-12 point range. I don’t buy the number in this latest poll, but I buy the implication of it for her campaign.”

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