It was shocking enough when, five days ago, a Franklin & Marshall College poll showed that 19 percent of Hillary’s supporters would vote for John McCain if Barack Obama were to earn the Democratic nomination. Today, a new Gallup poll shows that number to have jumped 9 points to 28 percent. Almost a third! Interestingly, last week’s poll showed that 20 percent of Obama’s supporters would vote for John McCain if Hillary got the Democratic nomination, and today’s poll shows that number to have dropped to 19 percent.

This is further evidence of what most everyone seems to be coming around to: Obama had a catastrophic week. But it’s too early to see the effect of Hillary’s Bosnian adventure. One assumes that next week’s numbers will show that she’s taken some sort of hit. And then? Perhaps Michelle Obama will sound off, or a new Wright sermon will be uncovered, and the scales will tip again. With the delegate math firmly stacking up in Obama’s favor, the Democrats are now locked in a race to determine one thing: who can help John McCain more.

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