<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/09d061e4-c331-4d53-b387-8d431bba7dba/A92218F1-E14B-4F82-B898-934C0D3ECBEF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/fr/flyout" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/fr/flyout" style="font-size: 11px;">www.slate.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/fr/flyout"><H1>Oh-So-Close<SPAN class="h1_subhead">Romney is on the cusp of leading all three early-primary states.</SPAN></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/fr/flyout"><FONT color="#000000">A new <A target="_blank" href="http://www.thestate.com/news/story/218081.html">Winthrop/ETV</A> poll in South Carolina shows Mitt Romney tied for second with Rudy Giuliani in the state, only one point behind Fred Thompson for first. Romney's numbers have been trending upward recently, corresponding with increased advertising in the state. In case the GOP candidates need more motivation, the poll says nearly 30 percent of Republicans are still undecided. <P><STRONG>Posted by Chadwick Matlin,</STRONG> Nov. 2, 1:40 p.m.</P></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.slate.com/id/2175496/fr/flyout"><TR><TD rowspan="1" colspan="2"><FONT size="2">Delegates at stake:</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"></TD><TD bgcolor="#f0f8ff" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><FONT face="verdana"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Democrats</STRONG> </FONT></FONT></TD><TD bgcolor="#fff5ee" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><FONT size="2" face="verdana"><STRONG>Republicans</STRONG></FONT></TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </TD><TD bgcolor="#f0f8ff" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><P><FONT size="2"><FONT face="verdana">Total delegates: 4323<BR /></FONT><FONT face="verdana">Total delegates needed to win: 2162</FONT></FONT></P></TD><TD bgcolor="#fff5ee" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><P><FONT size="2" face="verdana">Total delegates: </FONT><FONT size="2"><FONT face="verdana">2302*<BR />Total delegates needed to win: </FONT>1152*<BR /></FONT><FONT size="1" face="verdana">*GOP delegate totals are preliminary.</FONT></P></TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"><FONT size="1" face="verdana"> </FONT></TD><TD bgcolor="#f0f8ff" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><P><FONT size="2">Delegates won by each candidate:<BR />Clinton: 0; Edwards: 0;<BR />Obama: 0; Richardson: 0; <BR />Biden: 0; Dodd: 0;</FONT></P></TD><TD bgcolor="#fff5ee" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><P><FONT size="2">Delegates won by each candidate:<BR />Giuliani: 0; McCain: 0;<BR />Romney: 0; Thompson: 0;<BR />Huckabee: 0; Paul: 0;</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A92218F1-E14B-4F82-B898-934C0D3ECBEF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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