Obama’s Narrow Lead Harkens Back to 1980 Election

By Norman Ornstein
Roll Call Contributing Writer
August 27, 2008

Why isn’t Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) doing better in the polls? As the convention opened, that question continued to grip political analysts and observers of all stripes.



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